Personal profile

About

I worked at several newspapers across Florida for more than 20 years, mostly in sports – Orlando Sentinel, Florida Today, Clearwater Sun, Fort Myers News-Press – before coming to Eastern in 2002. I taught for six years at Valencia Community College where the student newspaper earned three national ACP Pacemaker Awards, four regional ACP awards, and numerous state awards. At Eastern, I advised the Daily Eastern News from 2004-08 during which it also earned several national ACP Pacemaker Award nominations for its print and online editions, winning the online category once. I teach primarily reporting and sports media courses. The second edition of the Field Guide To Covering Sportsa text used in college classrooms across the country, was released by SAGE Publishing in 2017. The University of Nebraska Press published my nonfiction book, Monster Trek: The Obsessive Search for Bigfoot, about people who investigate sasquatch all across America in December 2015.  I have also been co-host for a sports media podcast at WEIU-FM for the past two years. Check out my sports media website as well.

Contact Information

Office: 2546 - Buzzard Hall
Phone: 2175816003

Office hours: Virtual, TR 8:00-9:00 a.m. and MW 10:00-11:00 a.m.

Related documents

Education/Academic qualification

Creative Nonfiction, M.F.A., Spalding University

Literature, M.A., University of Central Florida

English, B.A., University of South Florida

Research Interests

  • Sports media
  • Title IX
  • Historical fiction
  • Paranormal

Disciplines

  • Journalism Studies