Patrick Dempsey, Ed.D.

Director of Digital Teaching and Learning Patrick Dempsey Headshot
Affiliate Professor
prdempsey@loyola.edu
410-617-1668

Education

B.A. Business Administration and Management, Long Island University
MBA Organizational Leadership, St. Joseph’s University, New York
MA Pastoral Studies/Counseling, Liberty University
MDiv Professional Ministries, Liberty University
Ed.D. Curriculum and Instruction, Liberty University

Biography

Patrick is the Director of the Office of Digital Teaching & Learning at Loyola University Maryland. He has an Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, an M.B.A. in Organizational Management, M.Div. in Professional Ministries, and M.A. in Pastoral Counseling. He has published and presented widely on instructional design, communities of inquiry and transformative learning, and quality assurance in online classes. He is the author of Creating Transformative Online Communities in Higher Education (2021).

Meet Our Community

Pursuing Justice, Together

When students enroll in the undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education programs at Loyola’s School of Education, they are welcomed into a vibrant and diverse community of faculty, staff, students, and alumni who are engaged in ensuring an inclusive educational system that actualizes social justice.

Faculty

Margarita Gomez, Ph.D.

“I am particularly interested in developing assessment tools that measure the cultural and linguistic competencies that multilingual and multicultural students bring to schooling.”

Alumni

Lauren Giglio-Thomas

“Loyola professors prepare you for the real world, both academically and personally, and do so in a way that allows students to find jobs after graduation and then to perform successfully in their careers.”

Alumni

Bianca Solorzano

“This program has really propelled my career in the Montessori field. I've met amazing people, and I learned a lot about myself. It was a priceless experience that I couldn’t recommend more. ”

Alumni

Simone Shook

“I try to instill in my students the ethos of cura personalis, to teach them not just about the content material but also about empathy for others and how to be a global citizen.”