Kathy Wythe serves as Managing Editor Emeritus of the Texas Water Journal. She helps editors and authors to move the paper through the submission, editing, and layout process.
Wythe was previously Communications Manager for the Texas Water Resources Institute, Texas’ state water institute. She provided leadership for the institute’s communications efforts and worked with the communications team to increase visibility and understanding of the institute’s research and educational outreach programs. She also was Editor of the institute’s magazine, txH2O, and electronic newsletter, Conservation Matters.
Previously, she was an instructor at Blinn College in Bryan and a lecturer in Texas A&M University’s Department of Journalism, teaching media writing and news-gathering courses. She has also served as Community Relations Coordinator for a large county hospital in West Texas and as a news reporter.
She received a B.A. in Zoology from Texas Tech University and an M.A. in Journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia.