Background

Richard, Thelma Shinn was born on September 10, 1942 in Flint, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Louis George Wardrop and Erma Helen Sullivan.

Education

Bachelor, Central Connecticut State, New Britain, 1965. Master of Arts, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1972.

Career

Instructor College Our Lady Of Elms, Chicopee, Massachusetts, 1971—1973. Assistant professor Westfield State College, 1973—1975. Professor Arizona State University, 1975—2004, founding director, womens studies, 1977—1980, professor emeritus, since 2004.

Visiting faculty AIFS, London, 1987—1988. Senior lecturer CIES Fulbright, Granada, Spain, 1994, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 2000. Senior editor JRLA, Riverside, California, 2001—2008.

Achievements

• Thelma Shinn Richard has been listed as a noteworthy literature and language professor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Theater education delegate People To People International, South Africa, 1998. Member of RMMLA.

Interests

• Travel, reading, writing.

Connections

Married Jon Richard, October 21, 1995. Married Raymond James Shinn, September 19, 1961 (divorced September 1966). Children: Ramona Sue Ferrara, Rebecca Sharon John, Joseph Raymond Shinn, James Malcolm Shinn, Rachel Sarah Shinn.

Father:

Louis George Wardrop

Mother:

Erma Helen Sullivan

Spouse:

Jon Richard

Spouse:

Raymond James Shinn

child:

Rachel Sarah Shinn Richard

child:

Rebecca Sharon John Richard

child:

Joseph Raymond Shinn Richard

child:

James Malcolm Shinn Richard

child:

Ramona Sue Ferrara Richard