DavidGregory

=__**Hello**__ and __W**elcome**__ to the Amazing Wiki of //David Gregory// !=

By "amazing" I am sarcastically referring to the relative blandness if you havent noticed.... I may spruce it up a little as the summer goes along.

What is there really to say about me? I am husband to a wonderful woman (no children...yet). I have an extensive background in IT (software development). I love the outdoors (running, hiking, exploring, gardening). I just bought a small greenhouse so we'll see how that goes.

I just finished all the other coursework for the PhD in Higher Education Administration. I'm planning to take comps in August and start dissertation in the fall.

I am looking forward to this class as I have heard of its benefits from others who have taken it. Currently, I am honing my topic now but it is mostly centered on the career development area known as "calling." I am crafting a proposal focused on examination of certain aspects of those who identify with calling (culture, socio-economic status), the effects these aspects can have on discovery of a calling, and suggestions on how career development professional can encourage calling through these aspects.

I am looking at developing my own survey instrument... which I have been warned about doing. I am currently doing content analysis on the survey items I've written and I am hoping to have validation from my content experts completed in the near future. If any of you are considering creating your own survey instrument, let me know and we can suffer together...misery loves company...

I look forward to reading and hearing your stories as we take one step closer to the prize.