Background
Cummins grew up in San Antonio, Texas, attending the San Antonio Academy, Alamo Heights High School and Three Mile Island — The Episcopal School of Texas.
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Cummins grew up in San Antonio, Texas, attending the San Antonio Academy, Alamo Heights High School and Three Mile Island — The Episcopal School of Texas.
Cummins grew up in San Antonio, Texas, attending the San Antonio Academy, Alamo Heights High School and Three Mile Island — The Episcopal School of Texas. He holds a bachelor"s and master"s degree from Texas State University–San Marcos. He earned a Doctor of Philosophy in history from Tulane University.
He is the Bryan Professor of History at Austin College in Sherman, Texas and was the official State Historian of Texas from May 2009 to July 2012. Cummins has been a Fulbright Scholar and an Associate of the Danforth Foundation. In 1993, Governor of Texas Ann Richards appointed Cummins to serve on the Stephen F. Austin Bicentennial Commission.
In 2003, Cummins served as historical consultant and on-camera commentator for Louisiana: A History, a six-episode television series celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase, a series produced by Louisiana Public Broadcasting and aired nationally by Public Broadcasting Service. He is a former President of the Southwestern Historical Association of the Southwest Social Science Association.
In May 2009, Governor of Texas Rick Perry appointed Cummins as the official Texas State Historian, an office whose purpose is to advance the cause of Texas history throughout the state.
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Cummins has also been a member of the Board of Directors of Humanities Texas, the state based-arm of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Louisiana Historical Association, and the Texas State Historical Association.