James Fenimore Cooper's Frontier: The Pioneers as History

Educational Background

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 Bachelor of Arts, Brown University (Providence, R.I.) 

History (American); Degree Conferred: May, 1995 

 

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 Master of Arts Candidate, Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL) 

American and Florida Studies; Expected Completion: Summer, 2004 

 

Alumni Fellow; University of Florida (Gainesville, FL) 

 Candidate for PhD. in American History; Studies Begin: Fall, 2004 

 

Professional Background 

 

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 The Associated Press (Providence, R.I.) 

Reporter (freelance/stringer) 1991-1994 

Covered sports; local and state news 

 

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Rhode Island Monthly 

(Providence, R.I.) 

Editorial Assistant; 1993 

Contributing Editor (Politics); Columnist, 1994-1995 

 

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Montgomery Journal

 (Rockville, MD) 

General Assignment Reporter 1995-1997 

 

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News-Journal

 (Daytona Beach, FL) 

Municipal Reporter 1997-1998 

Health Care Reporter; Enterprise Team, Senior Writer 1998-2001 

 

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 Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL) 

Instructor in American and Florida Studies, (Early American History and Literature) 

Undergraduate Level; 2002-2004 

 

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 Marx Information Service (Tallahassee, FL) 

Court Record Researcher (Freelance), 2002-2004  

 

Other Professional Experience 

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 Have written or contributed to national interest stories for publications including 

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New York 

Post, Las Vegas Sun, Washington Times’ Insight Magazine 

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 Won feature writing awards from Maryland-Virginia-District of Columbia Press Association in 

1995 and 1996 

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 Florida Department of Health’s Public Health Reporting Award Winner (regional) in 2001 

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Document Outline

• The Florida State University
• DigiNole Commons
  • 7-1-2004
• James Fenimore Cooper's Frontier: The Pioneers as History
  • Thomas Berson
    • Recommended Citation