work on Lewis and the ethics climate in the Texas Legislature received a statewide citation from the Associated Press. In 1992 he represented journalists from 10 Texas newspapers at the founding board meeting of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association and served as the first chair of the Texas NLGJA chapter. He later was appointed to the board of NLGJA's Roy Aarons Education in Journalism Program. His work has also appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, Northwestern Magazine, Education Daily, the Texas Observer, the Texas Triangle, Wichita Falls City Magazine and on DogCanyon.org. Personal Cutbirth was born in Wichita Falls, Texas, and graduated from S.H. Rider High School. He was an Eagle Scout and was state-ranked four times (in 14-and-under singles and doubles, and 16-and-under singles and doubles) by the Texas Tennis Association. As an undergraduate at the University of Texas, he was a member of Kappa Alpha Order, served on the student government, was on the editorial board of The Daily Texan and worked on the Cactus (yearbook) staff. In 2018, Cutbirth formally severed his affiliation with his college fraternity, citing its historic association with Robert E. Lee as incompatible with his values and beliefs. Cutbirth holds a Ph.D. in communications from Columbia University, an M.A. in communication, culture and technology from Georgetown University, and a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin. He lists Richards, Milk and Bobby Kennedy as his heroes, and he describes himself as "a staunch disciple of the European Enlightenment; an unabashed fan of the University of Texas Longhorns football team; and an enthusiastic gourmand of Tex-Mex". References External links JoeCutbirth.com Joe Cutbirth’s Huffington Post archive Prof. Talk interview by Sree Sreenivasan, dean of students, Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, July 21, 2008 James Carey and the Columbia School "What it’s all for", opening remarks to the incoming Columbia Journalism School class, 2009 1956 births Living people University of British Columbia faculty HuffPost writers and columnists Manhattan College faculty Fort Worth Star-Telegram people People from Wichita Falls, Texas Moody College of Communication alumni Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumni Georgetown University alumni