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'''TuckerResearch''' is from the e-mail address I chose to receive all my genealogy related material back in high school, and it sort of evolved into my screen name of choice for all scholarly topics.

I am originally from [[Killeen, Texas]], and earned a [[Bachelor's degree]] and [[Master's degree]] in [[History]] from [[Tarleton State University]] in [[Stephenville, Texas]].  I wrote my master's thesis on the boomtown-turned-ghosttown of [[Thurber, Texas]].  In the [[fall (season)|fall]] of [[2006]], I started work on my [[PhD|Ph.D.]] at the [[University of Texas at Arlington]], in the field of [[Atlantic world|Transatlantic History]].  I completed my Ph.D. in spring 2011.<ref>[https://www.uta.edu/ra/real/editprofile.php?onlyview=1&pid=2895 UTA Profile System.]</ref><ref>[http://www.uta.edu/history/transatlantic.html Transatlantic History.]</ref>  In late 2010, the [[Texas Tech University Press]] accepted my revised master’s thesis for publication. It was published as ''Macaroni, Oysters, and Beer: Thurber, Texas, and the Company Store'' in fall 2012.<ref>[https://www.ttupress.org/Products/9780896727687/oysters-macaroni-and-beer.aspx Oysters, Macaroni, and Beer: Thurber, Texas, and the Company Store] at the Texas Tech University Press.</ref>

On the scholarly front, I've written and presented about [[Thurber, Texas]], [[René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle|La Salle]], [[Vincenzo Coronelli]], [[Hans Staden]] and [[Ulrich Schmidel]], [[José de Escandón]], and [[place-names]] in [[Mexican Texas]].  I am interested in the [[history of cartography]], especially maps of the early [[Spanish Empire]], [[wiktionary:syncretism|syncretization]] (or [[creolization]]) of [[toponyms]] in the [[New World]], [[toponymy]], discovery and exploration, and [[Texas history]], especially during the nineteenth century.  

I am [[Professors in the United States#Professor|professor]] of history at [[Temple College]] in [[Temple, Texas]].<ref>[https://www.templecollege.edu/directory/profiles/gene-tucker.html History Faculty, Temple College]</ref>

==Vitæ==

* Real Name: Gene Rhea Tucker
* Location: [[Belton, Texas|Belton]], [[Bell County, Texas|Bell County]], [[Texas]]
* Hometown: [[Killeen, Texas|Killeen]], [[Bell County, Texas|Bell County]], [[Texas]]
* Occupation: [[Historian]], [[Professor]]
* [[CV|Curriculum Vitæ]]: [http://templejc.academia.edu/GeneRheaTucker/CurriculumVitae Curriculum Vitæ of GRT]
* [[Academia.edu]] Website: [http://templejc.academia.edu/GeneRheaTucker Gene Rhea Tucker]
* [[Temple College]]: [https://www.templecollege.edu/directory/profiles/gene-tucker.html History Faculty]
* [[Google Scholar]]: [http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=eZNRq34AAAAJ&hl=en Gene Rhea Tucker's Citations]
* [[Zotero]]: [https://www.zotero.org/tuckerresearch Gene Rhea Tucker's Profile]
* [[Academia.edu]]: [http://templejc.academia.edu/GeneRheaTucker Gene Rhea Tucker's Profile]

==Wikipedia Contributions and Statistics==
*[[Special:Contributions/Tuckerresearch|TuckerResearch's Wikipedia Contributions]]
*TuckerResearch's Edit Statistics via [http://toolserver.org/~tparis/pcount/index.php?name=Tuckerresearch&lang=en&wiki=wikipedia X!s Edit Counter]
*[[User:Tuckerresearch/TuckerResearch Photographs Gallery|TuckerResearch Photographs Gallery]]

==User Talk Pages==
*User Talk Page: [[User talk:Tuckerresearch]]<br>
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==Interests==
===Some favorite music===
* Bands and Artists: '''[[Aerosmith]]''', [[Allman Brothers Band]], [[The Animals]], [[Louis Armstrong]], [[Asleep at the Wheel]], [[The Band]], [[The Beach Boys]], [[Beck]], [[Chuck Berry]], '''[[The Black Crowes]]''', [[The Blues Brothers]], '''[[Jason Boland & the Stragglers|Jason Boland]]''', [[James Brown]], [[Cliff Bruner|Cliff Bruner and His Texas Wanderers]], [[Buckcherry]], [[Jimmy Buffet]], '''[[Johnny Bush]]''', [[Cab Calloway]], [[Ray Charles]], [[Tyler Childers]], [[Eric Clapton]], [[Gary Clark Jr.]], [[Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen]], [[Cream (band)|Cream]], [[Creedence Clearwater Revival]], [[Charley Crockett]], [[Cross Canadian Ragweed]], [[Sheryl Crow]], [[Rodney Crowell]], [[Charlie Daniels]], [[Gavin DeGraw]], [[DJ Screw]], [[Fats Domino]], [[The Doors]], '''[[Dr. Dre]]''', [[Bob Dylan]], [[The Eagles]], [[Eminem]], '''[[The Faces]]''', [[Freddy Fender]], '''[[Lefty Frizzell]]''', [[Mickey Gilley]], [[The Grateful Dead]], '''[[Guns N' Roses]]''', '''[[Merle Haggard]]''', '''[[George Harrison]]''', [[Jimi Hendrix]], '''[[John Lee Hooker]]''', [[Alan Jackson]], '''[[Waylon Jennings]]''', [[B. B. King]], [[The Kinks]], [[Lenny Kravitz]], [[Kris Kristofferson]], [[Stoney larue|Stoney LaRue]], [[Chris LeDoux]], '''[[Led Zeppelin]]''', [[Lil' Keke]], '''[[Jerry Lee Lewis]]''', [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]], [[Bob Marley]], [[Dean Martin]], [[Ricky Nelson]], [[Willie Nelson]], [[Nirvana]], [[Ted Nugent]], [[Gary P. Nunn]], [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], '''[[Old 97's]]''', [[Roy Orbison]], [[Buck Owens]], [[Gram Parsons]], [[Tom Petty]], [[Pink Floyd]], [[Ray Price (musician)|Ray Price]], [[Louis Prima]], [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]], [[Jerry Reed]], [[Charlie Rich]], [[Marty Robbins]], [[Johnny Rodriguez]], [[Randy Rogers Band]], '''[[The Rolling Stones]]''', [[John Schneider (television actor)|John Schneider]], [[Bob Seger]], [[Shakira]], [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Ricky Skaggs]], [[Snoop Dogg]], [[Bruce Springsteen]], '''[[Gary Stewart]]''', early '''[[Rod Stewart]]''', '''[[George Strait]]''', '''[[Sublime (band)|Sublime]]''', [[Doug Supernaw]], [[George Thorogood]], [[Ernest Tubb]], '''[[UGK]]''', [[Townes Van Zandt]], [[Stevie Ray Vaughan]], [[Jerry Jeff Walker]], [[Gene Watson]], [[Weezer]], [[The Who]], [[Don Williams]], [[Hank Williams|Hiram Hank Williams]], [[Hank Williams Jr|Randall Hank Williams]], [[Hank III|Shelton Hank Williams]], '''[[Bob Wills|Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys]]''', [[Dwight Yoakam]], [[ZZ Top]]

===Religion===
* Adherence: An [[Evangelical Christian]], I grew up a [[Southern Baptist]], but I now believe I should say I am a [[Free Will Baptist]] and [[Arminian]] in the mold of [[Jacobus Arminius|Arminius]] and [[Simon Episcopius|Episcopius]], not [[Philipp van Limborch|Limborch]] or [[John Wesley|Wesley]].  As an old school Baptist I believe stridently in [[Soul competency|individual soul liberty]] and the [[Baptists in the history of separation of church and state|separation of church and state]].
* I lean towards the mystics in my direct relationship with God, and thus my beliefs, depending on my mood, may be informed by the [[Kabbalah]], [[Christian Kabbalah]], [[Messianic Judaism]], [[Gnosticism]], [[Hermetica]], [[Reincarnation]], and even some [[Sufism]].

===Some favorite films===
* ''[[Animal House]], [[Blazing Saddles]], [[The Blues Brothers (film)|The Blues Brothers]], [[The Body (film)|The Body]], [[Citizen Kane]], [[Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist]], [[The Exorcist (film)|The Exorcist]], [[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]], [[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]], [[Major League (film)|Major League]], [[Moby Dick (1956 film)|Moby Dick]], [[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]], [[The Outlaw Josey Wales]], [[Patton (film)|Patton]],  [[Raiders of the Lost Ark]], [[Rio Bravo (film)|Rio Bravo]], [[Shenandoah (film)|Shenandoah]], [[Spaceballs]], [[The 300 Spartans]], [[Touch of Evil]], [[The Wrath of Khan]], [[Young Frankenstein]], [[Zulu (film)|Zulu]]''

===Some favorite theologians===
In rough chronological order:
* [[Jacobus Arminius]]
* [[Simon Episcopius]]
* [[Thomas Helwys]]
* [[Thomas Grantham (Baptist)|Thomas Grantham]]
* [[Charles H. Spurgeon]]
* [[C. S. Lewis]]
* F. Leroy Forlines
* Robert Picirilli
* [[Roger E. Olson]]
* J. Matthew Pinson

===Some favorite historians===

===Some favorite fiction authors===
* [[Herman Melville]]
* [[Jorge Luis Borges]]
* [[Oscar Wilde]]
* [[Umberto Eco]]
* [[Arthur Conan Doyle]]
* [[Laurence Sterne]]

===Some favorite poets===
* [[Charles Baudelaire]]
* [[Rumi]] (yes, even via [[Coleman Barks]])
* [[Robert Frost]]
* [[Roy Campbell (poet)|Roy Campbell]]
* [[W. B. Yeats]]
* [[Jim_Morrison#By_Jim_Morrison|Jim Morrison]] (really!)
* Harold M. Robinson

===Some favorite scientists===

===Favorite sports===
* [[Baseball]]
* [[Golf]]

===Favorite television comedies===
* ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]], [[The Big Bang Theory]], [[Blackadder]], [[Bob's Burgers]],'' most of ''[[Cheers]],'' the first few years of ''[[Family Guy]], [[Fawlty Towers]], [[Frasier]], [[Futurama]], [[The Honeymooners]], [[Monty Python's Flying Circus]], [[NewsRadio]],  [[Psych]],'' early ''[[The Simpsons]]'', and I am getting to like ''[[Young Sheldon]]''

==Stuff for fun==
* [http://www.theshorthorn.com/opinion/don-t-let-the-man-snuff-out-smoking/article_2ebcfa2d-7336-5699-b876-d69d6fe7504a.html “Don’t Let the ‘Man’ Snuff Out Smoking,”''The Shorthorn'']
* [http://www.theshorthorn.com/opinion/uta-should-focus-on-education-not-tobacco-bans/article_fce56ab0-3e65-5c03-8c1c-ec550b53898f.html “UTA should focus on education, not tobacco bans,” Letter to ''The Shorthorn'']

* This is an important article on the MAIN problem with Wikipedia: https://www.piratewires.com/p/how-wikipedia-launders-regime-propaganda


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