Education:
BA, Middlebury College; M. Ext. Ed.; UVM, Ph.D. Indiana University.
Bio/Interests:
A former Army officer who served overseas with the Second Infantry Division, Patterson began his career at UVM as the Extension System Farm Safety Specialist and later served as the Energy Program Coordinator for ten years. He chaired the VOTEC Department for seven years before becoming a full-time instructor in the CDAE Department. In 2002 he was named Director of the CALS First-Year Program. He was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2004.
His Research interests include: Core Curriculum Development; Organizational Transformation and Change; Experiential Learning; First-Year Student Development. For the academic year 2003-04 Tom was on sabbatical leave in Australia where he conducted a longitudinal follow-up study with graduates from a University experiential learning program.
Dr. Patterson is a past chair of the University Athletic Council and currently serves on the Athletic Advisory Board. He is also a member of the CALS Self-Designed Major Committee and has advised a number of CALS self-designed majors.
Tom has received both the CALS Carrigan Award Teaching award and a Teaching Award of Merit from the National Association of Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture.
Courses he currently teaches are:
AGRI 001 Foundations: Communication Methods
AGRI 125 Teaching Assistant Development
AGRI 183 Communication Methods
AGRI 195 Introduction to Public Communication
Dr. Patterson is a faculty member in the Masters of Public Administration Program and teaches one of the MPA core courses, PA 302 Public Sector Organizations.
Current Projects
Building Intellectual Community in the First Year: Multiple Approaches to General Education at the University of Vermont
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