Meet John Capouya
Associate Professor, Journalism
Phone: (813) 257-3577
Email: jcapouya@ut.edu
Address: 401 W. Kennedy Blvd. Tampa, FL 33606
Mailbox: R
Building:
PH
Room: 405
Education
1978 Grinnell College, B.A. in English and French1981 Columbia University, M.S. in Journalism
Courses Taught
Intro to Journalism
News Reporting and Writing
Feature Writing
Writing Memoir and Autobiography
Nonfiction Into Film
Biography and Historical Narrative
Composition and Rhetoric
Career Specialties
His current book project is Florida Soul, a history of rhythm and blues music in the Sunshine State, to be published by the University Press of Florida. His most recent book is Gorgeous George: The Outrageous Bad-Boy Wrestler Who Invented Pop Culture, a biography published by HarperCollins in 2008. That book is being adapted into both a documentary and a feature film.