The owner of an online tutoring business, Joe Clinkenbeard is an Assistant Editor for Spectrum Culture. A poet, actor and overbearing vegan, he also works with pedestrian advocacy and social justice organizations in the Portland region, with projects in the pipeline including an illustrated e-book of poems and installation of memorials at pedestrian fatality sites. Too long a city college philosophy major, he is considering transfer to Portland State University's urban studies program, with interest in exploring the built environment's influence on society and the self. Additionally, Joe devotes his time to mindless re-tweeting and actively ignoring his personal blog.