Education
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Ph.D. in Florida History from University of Florida (1998)
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M.A. in History from Stetson University (1987)
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B.A. in History from Lenoir-Rhyne College (1975)
Research Interests
Florida History, U.S. South, Presidential History.
Publications
Books
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Red Pepper and Gorgeous George: Claude Pepper's Epic Defeat in the 1950 Democratic Primary, Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2011.
Articles/Essays
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"Claude Pepper and the Seeds of His 1950 Defeat, 1944-1948." Florida Historical Quarterly, July 1995.
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"Civil Rights Leader Harry T. Moore and the Ku Klux Klan in Florida." Florida Historical Quarterly, October 1994.
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"The Fox Goes to France: Florida Secret Codes and the Election of 1876." Florida Historical Quarterly, April 1991.
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"Robert Henry Best: The Path to Treason, 1921-1945." Journalism Quarterly, Winter 1990.
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"John Wallace and the Writing of the Reconstruction History." Florida Historical Quarterly, April 1989.
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"The 1944 Florida Democratic Senate Primary." Florida Historical Quarterly, April 1988.
Awards
Florida Historical Society, Florida Magazine Association, Florida Society of Newspaper Editors, George Polk Award.