Jonathan Burdick

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Location
Erie, Pennsylvania
School
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
Expertise
U.S. History, Politics, Golden Age Hollywood
  • Jonathan's one-on-one interviews include David Harbour of "Stranger Things" and Tom Everett Scott of "That Thing You Do."
  • He once wrote a history of Erie, Pennsylvania's famous pepperoni balls for NBA.com to help promote Erie's NBA G League team.
  • He's won regional awards for both his writing (Hagen History Center Media Award) and teaching (Golden Apple Award).

Experience

Jonathan has been teaching high school history and economics since 2009. After completing his master's degree in history in 2017, he founded the award-winning public history project Rust & Dirt. That same year, he began writing history and culture pieces for the Erie Reader, a popular alt-weekly out of Erie, Pennsylvania, as well as having stories published in other publications including Belt Magazine, Contingent Magazine, and NBA.com. He began writing for Grunge in 2022.

Education

Jonathan has bachelor's and master's degrees in Secondary Education Social Studies from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and a master's degree in history from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania.

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