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Dr. Townsend currently serves as the Director of Faculty and Professional Development at California University of Science and Medicine in Colton, California, where he also is an Assistant Professor of Medical Education. He trained in the Cultural Studies department at Claremont Graduate University and then later at the Rossier School of Education at University of Southern California. His professional and research interests include faculty modeling in teaching, metacognition, self-regulated learning, writing instruction and evaluation, empathetic teaching approaches, leadership, organizational change, organizational communication, and program review and strategic planning. He is the owner of Townsend Writing Coaching, an academic writing coaching firm where he coaches graduate and postgraduate writers with special focus on the dissertation process. In addition, Dr. Townsend holds a lecturer appointment in the Department of Management at California State University and an adjunct professor appointment in the School of Business and Society at the University of Redlands.