ADJUNCT FACULTY, 1989 - 1999
Concurrently with his writing and corporate careers, Patrick worked as an Adjunct professor in the Literature and Communications department of Pace University (New York), at the university’s Pleasantville campus (early and late 1990s), White Plains campus (early 1990s) and White Plains Graduate Center (late 1990s).
He was also an Adjunct professor in the Adult Education Program of Westchester Community College (Valhalla, New York), and in that capacity, he taught adult students in the college’s extension program at several area high schools.
PACE UNIVERSITY, Adjunct Professor of Literature and Communications, 1990 - 1999.
As a member of the adjunct Lit/Com faculty at Pace University, Pat taught upper-level and core-required writing and communications courses, including English I and II; Ethics, Morality and the Media; Writing for the Print Media; Writing for Advertising; Public Relations Writing; Professional Writing Portfolio, etc.
He also taught a graduate course, Business Writing, which is required for students who are enrolled in Pace’s Graduate School of Business.
As part of his Writing Critical Reviews course, he created publication courseware and related print collateral; and he also published several chapbooks of student work as part of the syllabus he created for Writing for the Print Media.
In addition to his regular teaching duties, he also served as Honors Project Advisor for several students. In that capacity, he helped each student to design a course of study in a given subject area and then acted as mentor for their research and the preparation of their final projects. Projects for which he was responsible included research topics in literature and in global marketing strategies.
WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Adjunct Professor, Adult Education Program, 1989 - 1990
As part of the college’s Adult Education initiative, Patrick developed a desktop publishing course that he taught for several semesters to adult professionals in various fields, including real estate, sales, and retail marketing and promotion.
Pat Walsh, Adjunct Professor
Highlights of Pat’s Teaching Career:
At Pace:
• Created student publication courseware for Writing for the Print Media (Communications 227).
• Taught two semesters of Writing About Literature (English 102) under the aegis of the university’s “Challenge to Achievement at Pace” (CAP) program, providing support for students conditionally admitted for study.
• Created student publication courseware and print collateral for Writing Critical Reviews (Communications 133).
• Served as Honors Project mentor for honors student project in global marketing strategies, 1993.
• Served as Honors Project mentor for honors student project in literature, 1993.
At WCC:
• Conceived, developed and taught desktop publishing course for adult professionals for several semesters.
Courses Pat
Has Taught:
At Pace:
• Writing for the Print Media (Communications 227), Fall, 1999
• Principles of Exposition (English 116), Fall, 1999
• Business Writing (Business 043; Graduate Level), Summer, 1999
• Ethics, Morality and the Media (Communications 311), Spring, 1999
• Writing About Literature (English 102), Spring, 1999
• Expository Writing (English 101), 1998
• Writing About Literature (English 102), 1998
• Composition and Rhetoric (English 105), Fall, 1998
• Composition and Rhetoric (English 105), Spring, 1998
• Writing for the Print Media (Communications 227), 1998
• Writing Critical Reviews (Communications 133), 1994
• Professional Writing Portfolio (Communications 140), 1994
• Writing Public Relations Copy (Communications 237), 1994
• Writing Critical Reviews (Communications 133), 1993
• Professional Writing Portfolio (Communications 140), 1993
• Writing Public Relations Copy (Communications 237), 1993
• Principles of Exposition (Communications 116), 1992
• Principles of Exposition (Communications 116), 1991
• Writing for Advertising (Communications 134), 1991
• Expository Writing (Communications 101), 1990
At WCC:
• Introduction to Desktop Publishing, Fall, 1990
• Introduction to Desktop Publishing, Spring, 1990
• PC Desktop Publishing, Fall, 1989
