Patrick has been teaching at the college and graduate school level for over 10 years. His approach to arts education is best expressed in the above quote by two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky.

Patrick’s classes focus on the craft of drama writing, directing, and filmmaking, coupled with best practices for being a collaborative professional in the room.

Patrick currently serves as a Lecturer in Drama at The Catholic University of America, where he teaches Screenwriting, Writing for TV, and Playwriting. Previously, he was an adjunct instructor at American University’s School of Communications, where he taught Visual Literacy, Directing for the Camera, Media That Matters, and a course on Bad Movies.

He was a speaker at Filmapalooza 2024 in Lisbon, where he gave a lecture on screenwriting entitled “Characters are Plot.” Audio from that lecture with the accompanying slideshow is available below.