Bernell Tripp, Ph.D.

Associate Professor - Department of Journalism

Ph.D., University of Alabama

Office: 3055 Weimer
Phone: (352) 352-392-2147
Email:

Research area

Journalism, mass media history, historical research methodology, 19th-century press history, abolitionist press history, black press history, legal history, and sports history.

Biography

Tripp specializes in sports writing and has won several awards for her spot sports coverage and sportswriting. Before joining the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, Tripp was a sports writer for the Pensacola News and freelanced for the Orlando Sentinel, Florida Times-Union and the New Orleans Times-Picayune. Tripp has earned her B.A., M.A. and Ph.D.