Patrick Mooney is a Ph.D. candidate in English at UC Santa Barbara with a decade of experience teaching, curriculum design, and tutoring across higher-education and community-college settings. He combines deep scholarly knowledge of the Victorian-to-postmodern literary trajectory with practical expertise running large discussion sections, designing instructional programs, and assessing student writing. A former co-lead TA and instructor of record, he has led pedagogy seminars and technology-focused training for faculty and peers. Outside the academy he brings corporate training and learning-development experience—redesigning onboarding and tracking systems for call centers—which informs his systematic approach to instructional design. Fluent in editorial practice and comfortable with coding, he bridges humanities scholarship and technical fluency to create engaging, evidence-driven learning experiences.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
B.A., English, B.A., English at University of California, Berkeley
Intercultural German Studies, Intercultural German Studies at Universität Bayreuth
Ph.D., English, Ph.D., English at University of California, Santa Barbara
AA, block-transfer degree, AA, block-transfer degree at Southwestern Oregon Community College
M.A., English, M.A., English at UC Santa Barbara
High school diploma, General College-Prep Curriculum, High school diploma, General College-Prep Curriculum at Bandon High School
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