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.

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.”

Alumni

Tori Kovelman

“Loyola’s core values—educating the whole person, service, leadership, justice, integrity, diversity (just to name a few!)—have allowed me to create purpose and meaning in my life. I was able to take profound personal self-inventory to become clear on where I was stuck and how to move forward with confidence, compassion, and creativity.”

Alumni

Ashley Conroy

“As human beings we are all very nuanced, and having an education system that only considers the mental and academic aspects of students is negligible; it isn’t profound. The fact that cura personalis is a core tenant of the Loyola School of Education really resonated with me.”

Faculty

Jennifer Scaturo Watkinson, Ph.D.

“We’re trying to transform the school counseling profession so that counselors are able to utilize advocacy and leadership to support the diverse needs of their students.”