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INSTRUCTOR:
I've
taught quite a few subjects at the college level over the last ten years
in Mississippi and Florida, and I'm currently teaching Earth science,
environmental science, and astronomy at Hillsborough
Community College in Tampa. I really like here, so I think I'll be
staying for a long time (assuming they let me). I also taugh English in
Yukuhashi, Japan from 2003 to 2005.
Click here for a list of all courses taught and visit this site too:
http://www.fatherree.com/james/yukuhashi/home.htm
AUTHOR:
After being a marine aquarium hobbyist and business owner for several
years I wrote a "do it yourself" aquarium book, which managed
to catch the attention of a publisher. This first step eventually led
to 5 more aquarium books, the latest of which is Giant
Clams in the Sea and the Aquarium. I also picked up a monthly
column in Tropical Fish Hobbyist
magazine, which I've been writing since 1999, and I occasionally write
articles for Aquarium
Fish Magazine, Conscientious
Aquarist magazine, C:
The Journal of Marine Science, Travel, and Adventure, Freshwater
and Marine Aquarium
magazine, Aquarium Magazine (France), Practical
Fishkeeping magazine (UK), Ultramarine
magazine (UK), and Reefkeeping
magazine at times.
Click here for a full bibliography and here
for speaking engagements
PHOTOGRAPHER:
Somebody gave me my first camera when I was
a child, and since that time I've taken what seems like a million pictures.
Today I still take pictures just for the fun of it, but I also do some
work as a professional photographer, as well. Since 1992, a variety of
my photographs (over 2,000 images as of June 2006) have been published
in artistic magazines, aquarium books and magazines, trade journals, corporate
newsletters, marketing brochures, and various educational websites.
Click here to go to my online photo album
GEOLOGIST:
Being a rock and fossil collector since
I could crawl, it wasn't a surprise to anyone when I choose to be a geology
major at Mississippi State University.
Since that time I finished my B.S. in Geology and worked for 2 years as
a geological and environmental consultant for a firm in Mobile, Alabama.
Afterwards, I returned to school and earned my Master's Degree in Geology
at the University of South Florida
in Tampa.
Click here for a summary of work experience
SOLDIER:
After a slow start as a supply clerk in the
Army Reserve, I was accepted by the 20th
Army Special Forces Group and transferred into the Mississippi National
Guard. Then, after completing the Army Airborne Course and a few other
schools, I served as a training sergeant, instructor, supply guy, and
a lot of other things for the same unit.
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