Education
He also has a Doctor of Philosophy from Columbia University.
He also has a Doctor of Philosophy from Columbia University.
Patterson has a bachelors and masters degree from Brigham Young University. From 1988 until 1993 Patterson taught at Franklin and Marshall College. In 1993 Patterson returned to Brigham Young University as a professor From 1998-2004 Patterson was the chair of the Brigham Young University Department of Political Science.
Patterson has also written many papers including many with J. Quin Monson and David B. Magleby.
One of Patterson"s articles was included in a list of the top ten most cited articles in Personal Political Science & Politics.
He is the author of Political Parties and the Maintenance of Liberal Democracy (Columbia University Press, 1996).