Patricia E. George

Professor Patricia E. George has been part of the University of the District Columbia family for numerous years, both as a faculty member and a graduate student. Professor George earned her Masters of Arts in English Composition and Rhetoric from UDC where she was also highly active in the English Honor Society (Sigma Tau Delta). She graduated with honors and remained on the Dean’s list during her entire academic career at UDC. This masters was her second such degree after previously earning an MA in Education with Counseling concentration at Cal State San Bernardino where she also earned her undergraduate degree in Psychology. Recently, Professor George completed The Association of College and University Educators’ (ACUE) course on Effective College Teaching (offered through UDC-CC), thus earning an American Council on Education (ACE) recognized credential and the designation of “Dean’s Teaching Fellow.”

Before working in education, Professor George worked for several years as a counselor for the Los Angeles Job Corps and held employment as a Child Welfare Social Worker as well. Previous to her experience teaching for UDC, Professor George also managed a community college testing center. This well rounded resume makes Professor George a natural fit for the students she now teaches at UDC-CC, especially in her role teaching corequisite pairings of English Fundamentals and English Composition, thereby helping to save students valuable time towards earning a college degree.

Professor George’s acts of service, both for the institution and beyond UDC, reflect her life mission and teaching philosophy. She is a proponent of the belief that behaviors are learned and can change with education and that, “…with enough supports, anyone can learn new material and use it to communicate with others.” She has served lunch at the Bethany Programs Day Program for homeless women for roughly four years and has also served as part of a religious group for over 30 years (a group for which she also served as the recording secretary for six years taking minutes and providing administrative support). An avid writer and reader, Professor George has also received writing prizes for her analytical essays; she enjoys reading poetry, short stories, and numerous other varied sources of knowledge—including many magazines and other periodicals to which she subscribes.