Gregory Zobel

Hi, my name is Gregory Zobel. Please contact me through gmail; gz7comp at gmail dot com. I really, really dislike the phone. IMing via Skype or Gmail is possible, as is messaging through Facebook, but I truly prefer email.

I find it difficult to write about my teaching because I spent the last year as a student, and I did no teaching. I've not fully assimilated the experience yet, so I don't know how or who I will be as a teacher next time I step into a classroom. It appears that I will probably not be teaching this coming year either. Given this pause, my teaching identity is in flux. I'm not trying to be evasive, it's just that I really do not know what or how I will teach. What I can say is that I am interested in applying usability principles and practices in designing classroom materials, in designing more effective descriptions of expected deliverables, and in learning how my colleagues are designing classroom research.

I applied to RWP for a couple basic reasons: first, to participate in a professional community and to share value with that community; second, to learn about ongoing local classroom research--research undertaken and designed by active faculty and educators and not just professional researchers. That was an ugly sentence. Also, Tracy's been encouraging me to sign up for a while, and I finally am able to do so.

Most of my tech interests revolve around PDFs, EndNote, and open source variations on tools for information & documentation management. I love PDFs, and I attempt to do all of my academic writing/work with electronic documents--and preferably on my netbook. It's an Asus Eee, and it's the best piece of tech I have ever bought.

I'll skip the bio-prompts and throw down some stuff:
I've been with my partner for 17 years. We were married in August 2008.
We have two males budgies, Harold and Junior.
I am embroiled in internet marketing, and I study the work of Frank Kern, Eben Pagan, and Jeff Walker.
I want to live on Malta.
I am very interested in working in academia and in industry.
I just finished coursework in my doctoral program in technical communication and rhetoric at Texas Tech.
I just returned from Lubbock, Texas, where Buddy Holly grew up. Actually, I lived three blocks from his elementary school.
While in Lubbock, I virtually lived at J&B Coffee.
I, too, like combat sports. I've enjoyed Serkan Yilmaz for a while, and I prefer K-1 to UFC. However, UFC has the best spectacle I've seen.


And, I have a tendency to talk. A lot. But I'm working on that.

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