Background
Walsh, Anna Charlene was born on November 15, 1951 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Daughter of Martin Joseph Walsh and Charlene E. Walsh Spencer.
Walsh, Anna Charlene was born on November 15, 1951 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Daughter of Martin Joseph Walsh and Charlene E. Walsh Spencer.
Bachelor, U. Oklahoma, 1974; Master of Arts, U. Oklahoma, 1979; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Oklahoma, 1988.
Teacher social studies, Navajo (New Mexico) Public School, 1974-1977;
graduate teaching assistant department anthropology, U. Oklahoma, Norman, 1977-1981;
graduate research assistant department anthropology, U. Oklahoma, Norman, 1981-1983;
visiting instructor anthropology, U. Oklahoma, Norman, 1986-1987;
assistant professor anthropology, U. Oklahoma, Norman, summer 1988;
visiting assistant professor, U. Oklahoma, Norman, 1987-1989;
assistant professor anthropology, Oklahoma Baptist U., Shawnee, 1989-1990;
research consultant, Environmental Information Superior vena cava syndrome, Norman, since 1991;
professor for Elderhostel, U. Oklahoma, since 1992. Anthropologist ethnographic research Petroleum Drilling Industry, Oklahoma and Texas, 1982-1990. Research on relationship between education and tourism, since 1993.
Field consultant State University of New York, Oneonta, summer 1991.
Precint representative Democratic Committee, Norman, 1987-1988. Worker Rainbow Coalition Presidential Campaign for Jesse Jackson, Norman, 1987-1988. Fellow American Anthropological Association (invited presenter 1990, 92), Society Applied Anthropology.
Member National Women's Studies Association.
Married DanielWilliam Purcell, May 12, 1979. 1 child, Maureen.