Dr. Amy Patterson (she/her) is Chief Program Officer at Urban Arts. Amy’s work focuses on educational arts and technology programs, and she oversees two U.S. DOE grants that bring Urban Arts’ computer science and game design programs to schools in NYC and beyond. Amy has worked in education for more than 15 years, including in educational leadership at a community college, where she spearheaded initiatives to offer new STEM programs, enhance digital learning, and provide study abroad opportunities for students underrepresented in international education. An award-winning Career & Technical Education (CTE) educator, Amy is the author of Real World Communication and has also been published in Computers and Composition Digital Press, the Journal of Civic Commitment, and Kairos Praxis, among others.
Amy holds a PhD in Information Design from Clemson University, an MA from Northwestern University, a BA from Missouri Univ. of Science & Technology, and certificates in Sound, Haptics, & Wearable Technology from Univ. of Victoria’s Digital Humanities program. Connect here.
