Background
Simun, Patricia Bates was born on April 20, 1931 in Pittsburgh. Daughter of A.E. Griffith and Mary Effa (Casey) Bates.
Simun, Patricia Bates was born on April 20, 1931 in Pittsburgh. Daughter of A.E. Griffith and Mary Effa (Casey) Bates.
Bachelor of Science in Education, West Virginia University, 1952; Master of Arts, U. Pittsburgh, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Pittsburgh, 1967.
Teacher, Avonworth Union School District, Ben Avon, Pennsylvania, 1955-1957;
teacher placement director, Carnegie-Mellon U., 1957-1961;
research assistant, U. Pittsburgh, 1961-1962;
research associate, U. Pittsburgh, 1962-1963;
chair educational foundations, California State University, Los Angeles, 1983-1984;
associate chair administration, counseling and foundations department, California State University, Los Angeles, 1985;
professor education, California State University, Los Angeles, since 1967;
director Costa Rica travel study, California State University, Los Angeles, since 1988. Visiting distinguished professor Universidad Autonoma, Guadalajara, Mexico, summer 1975. Consultant, evaluation project sup[port California State University/Los Angeles Unified School District, since 1992.
Consultant, evaluation integration Los Angeles Unified Sch.Dist., 1981-1991. Consultant American Civil Liberties Union, Los Angeles, 1976-1980. Participant Alternative Education Exch., 1975, International Options in Public Education, Pasadena, California, 1975, others.
Discussion leader American Education Research Association evaluation conference, San Francisco, 1977. Speaker in field.
Board of directors Cmty. Child Care, Inc., Los Angeles, 1985-1988. Member Los Angeles High Cmty.Adv.
Voun., 1980-1984; advisor Institute Teacher Leadership, Los Angeles, 1978-1980. Member education committee Cmty. Rels. Conference Southern California, Los Angeles, 1980-1984.
Member American Ednl. Research Association (SIG committee chair 1983-1984, secretary 1984-1989), California Education Research Association Lambda Theta, Kappa Delta Pi, Phi Beta Delta.
Married Richard Vincent Simun, December 31, 1961. Children: Mary Bates, Ann Eugenia Simun-Park.