With degrees in philosophy (B.A., Oregon, 1972) and in comparative literature (M.A., Ph.D., Oregon, 1976, 1978), David Patterson holds the Bornblum Chair of Excellence in Judaic Studies at The University of Memphis and is Director of the University's Bornblum Judaic Studies Program. He has taught at Oklahoma State University and the University of Oregon. He has served as the Sutton Chair in the Humanities at the University of Oklahoma and as a guest professor at Pepperdine University. He has taught courses on Israel, Jewish thought, Kabbalah, the Holocaust, Judaism, ethics, masterworks of philosophy and literature, Russian literature, Jewish literature, and others.

A member of the World Union of Jewish Studies and the Association for Jewish Studies, he has delivered lectures at numerous universities and community organizations throughout the world. He is also a consultant to the Philadelphia Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, a participant in the Weinstein Symposium on the Holocaust, a member of the Advisory Board for the Annual Scholars' Conference on the Holocaust, a member of the Board of Directors for the Tennessee State Holocaust Commission, and a member of the Scholars' Platform for the Beth Shalom Holocaust Centre, Cambridge, England. He also serves as Co-Editor-in-Chief (with John K. Roth) for the Stephen S. Weinstein Series in Post-Holocaust Studies (formerly Goldner Series), published by the University of Washington Press.

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