James Tarlton Townsend is a Distinguished Rudy Professor of Psychology at Indiana University, Bloomington.
[1][2] He is known for his work in mathematical psychology, particularly in distinguishing parallel and serial processing and for models of perception.
[2] In 1962, he began his graduate work under Richard Atkinson at the Institute for Mathematical Studies in the Social Sciences at Stanford University.
Two years later, in 1968, Townsend moved to Purdue University where he received tenure in 1971 and became a full professor in 1977.
[3] In 1989, Townsend became a Rudy Professor in the Department of Psychology at Indiana University.