Have two awesome announcements that I’ve been waiting to share. One will still have to wait a few more days as we’re finalizing some details, I can now let you know that I just started a new position as an Advisory Board member of the Zombie Research Society. It’s a pretty cool group, including THE George Romero (Zombie Godfather); Daniel Drezner, author of Theories of International Politics and Zombies, and Steven Schlozman, author of The Zombie Autopsies. Plus a bunch of other white guys.

So, why do something like this? Zombies obviously are huge in pop culture, and typically “zombieism” is caused by some kind of transmissible infectious agent. As such, it’s a good way to talk about infectious diseases in a more lighthearted and fun manner. The CDC already took advantage of this with their popular “Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse” page, while Robert Smith? demonstrated the utility of using a zombie outbreak to model infectious diseases. I think there’s more to be explored and am looking forward to the journey.