Background
Townsend, Patricia Ann was born on May 25, 1933 in Lufkin, Texas, United States. Daughter of Paul Monarch and Clifford Evelyn Carson.
Townsend, Patricia Ann was born on May 25, 1933 in Lufkin, Texas, United States. Daughter of Paul Monarch and Clifford Evelyn Carson.
Bachelor of Science, San Francisco Austin State University, 1953; Master of Arts, San Francisco Austin State University, 1956; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, 1959.
Teaching assistant, San Francisco Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas, 1953-1954; teacher, Blocker Junior High, Texas City, Texas, 1954-1956; research assistant, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1956-1957; university fellow, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1957-1958; teaching fellow, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1958-1959; associate professor, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, 1966-1968; professor communication, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, since 1968; department chair, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, 1987-1993; associate dean College Arts and Comm., University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, 1993-1996; interim dean, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, since 1996; assistant professor, U. Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, 1959-1966.
Member Wisconsin Communications Association (1st vice president 1990-1991, president 1991-1992, editor newsletter 1980-1982, editor journal. 1982-1984, Andrew T. Weaver Outstanding College Educator award 1987), Speech Communications Association, Central States Communications Association, Wisconsin Humanities Association, World Communications Association, Rhetoric Society of America, Wisconsin Academy Arts and Sciences, Wisconsin Association Parliamentarians, Association Communications Administrators.