What you don’t know can eat you!
ZRS members are known as One Percenters (1%ers), because we are committed to being among the one percent of people likely to survive a global zombie outbreak. Though we represent diverse backgrounds, interests and theories, we are unified in our support of the Zombie Research Society’s three foundational principles:
- A zombie is a relentlessly aggressive human or reanimated human corpse driven by a biological infection.
- The zombie pandemic is coming. It’s not a matter of if, but a matter of when.
- Enthusiastic debate about zombies is essential to the survival of the human race.
Find out more about getting involved in Zombie Research Society on the “Join Us” page.
MANAGEMENT TEAM
The ZRS Management Team is charged with overseeing all aspects of the society’s day to day operations. Because we are an all-volunteer organization, the Society is always looking for new contributors to our important work. If you’d like to learn more about becoming a member of the Management Team, please contact Matt Mogk via the email address provided below.
Matt Mogk (“Moke”)
Head Researcher
Matt is the Head of Zombie Research Society and author of Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Zombies (2011), a finalist for a Bram Stoker Award in nonfiction. His recent TV appearances include Spike’s Deadliest Warrior, and AMC’s Talking Dead, the live after-show of The Walking Dead.
Mikey Taylor
Global Chapter Lead
After successfully serving as President of Zombie Research Society’s local chapter in Omaha, Nebraska, Mikey stepped up to become the Global Chapter Lead in 2011. When not manager chapter affairs, he teaches the traditional Japanese martial art of Aikido as a 5th degree black belt with his own dojo.
Tanya Torres
Publications Editor
Tanya Torres is a lecturer of composition and rhetoric at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. She has a research focus on video game theory and popular culture, and her other interests include baking while watching zombie movies. As Publications Editor she is charged with correcting all of our dump dumb mistakes.
April Spencer
Social Media Manager
As Social Media Manager, April spearheads the society’s various web initiatives, including the facebook page and twitter. She’s had a lifelong obsession with zombies since first seeing George Romero’s 1968 classic Night of the Living Dead when she was seven years old.
Chris Post
Senior Blog Contributor
Lieutenant Post is a squadron safety officer with the United States Air Force Auxiliary. In addition to training in emergency response and disaster preparedness, he has engaged in extensive research on the theoretical science behind the modern zombie for the past several years.