Featured scholarly/creative works
- Myles, C. C., Collins, K. G., & Townsend, C. G. (2022). Wine, deep in the heart of Texas. In Routledge Handbook of Wine and Culture, edited by S. Charters, M. Demossier, J. Dutton, G. Harding, D. Marks, J. Smith Maguire, and T. Unwin. United Kingdom: Taylor and Francis.
- Townsend, C. G. (2022). Students Return to Big Bend! GeoNews. Retrieved from https://gato-docs.its.txst.edu/jcr:381473a3-e941-4e10-ac1d-b838695a106f/Department%20of%20Geography%20&%20Environmental%20Studies%20Spring%202022.pdf
- Myles, C. C., Townsend, C. G., & Collins, K. (2022). Texas in transition: Considering the production of grapes, wine, and place. Journal of Wine Research, 11(448), 1–16. https://doi.org/http://:doi.org 10.3390/socsci11100488
- Olson, E. J., & Townsend, C. G. (2018). An ArcGIS Model for Avalanche Risk Assessment in the North Cascades, Washington. Papers in Applied Geography, 4(2), 193–204. Retrieved from https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23754931.2018.1425632
- Dixon, R. W., Moore, T. W., & Townsend, C. G. (2016). Baseline Climatology of Sounding-Derived Parameters Associated with Atlantic and Gulf Coast Tropical Cyclone Tornado Clusters. Papers in Applied Geography, 1–8.
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: Teaching Award of Honor, Texas State Alumni Association. 2020
- Award / Honor Recipient: Favorite Professor Award, Alpha Chi. April 2018
- Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi Favorite Professor, The Alfred H. Nolle Chapter of the Alpha Chi National College Honor Society. 2015
- Award / Honor Recipient: 2nd Place, Association of American Geographers Wine Specialty Group Student Paper Competition. 2012
- Award / Honor Recipient: Texas State University Graduate College Scholarship. 2009 - 2011

Featured service activities
- Member
Christmas Mountains Faculty Advisory Committee
- Member
Undergraduate Committee
- Member
Environmental Service Committee
- Member
Evaluation Committee
- Adjudicator
Southwest Division of the American Association of Geographers
- Member
Non-tenure Line Committee of the Faculty Senate: Liaison for the Department of Geography