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In 2013, Stuntz joined the board of the Texas State Historical Association.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tshaonline.org/about-tsha/about-board-directors|title=Board of Directors|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|accessdate=May 26, 2015}}</ref>
In 2013, Stuntz joined the board of the Texas State Historical Association.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tshaonline.org/about-tsha/about-board-directors|title=Board of Directors|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|accessdate=May 26, 2015}}</ref>
==Curriculum revision controversy==
==Curriculum revision controversy==
In 2010, Stuntz, a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], spoke out against revisions in the social studies curricula approved by the Texas State Board of Education, changes which require the inclusion of [[conservative]] topics in public school instruction. For instance, [[Thomas Jefferson]]'s name must be restored to a list of [[Enlightenment]] thinkers. There must be emphasis on the [[Fifth Amendment]] to the [[United States Constitution]] regarding property rights. Students must be taught that new documents, the Venona project, verify [[U.S. Senator]] [[Joe McCarthy]]'s suspicions of [[communist]] infiltration of the [[U.S. government]] during the post-[[World War II]] era. Stuntz told ''The Amarillo Globe-News'' that the SBOE is "micromanaging. They don't know what they're doing."<ref name=agn>{{cite web|url=http://amarillo.com/stories/051810/new_news1.shtml|author=Brenda Bernet|title=Rewriting the history books: Educators reflect on state's curriculum changes|date=May 18, 2010|publisher=''The Amarillo Globe-News''|accessdate=November 14, 2010}}</ref>
In 2010, Stuntz, a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], spoke out against revisions in the social studies curricula approved by the Texas State Board of Education, changes which require the inclusion of [[conservative]] topics in public school instruction. For instance, [[Thomas Jefferson]]'s name must be restored to a list of [[Enlightenment]] thinkers. There must be emphasis on the [[Fifth Amendment]] to the [[United States Constitution]] regarding property rights. Students must be taught that new documents, the Venona project, verify [[U.S. Senator]] [[Joe McCarthy]]'s suspicions of [[communist]] infiltration of the [[U.S. government]] during the post-[[World War II]] era. Stuntz told ''The Amarillo Globe-News'' that the SBOE is "micromanaging. They don't know what they're doing."<ref name=agn>{{cite web|url=http://amarillo.com/stories/051810/new_news1.shtml|author=Brenda Bernet|title=Rewriting the history books: Educators reflect on state's curriculum changes|date=May 18, 2010|publisher=''The Amarillo Globe-News''|accessdate=November 14, 2010}}</ref>