Kelly D. Patterson (born 1958) is a professor of political science at Brigham Young University (BYU) and a senior research fellow with the Center for the Study of Elections Democracy at that school.
Brigham Young University is a private, non-profit research university in Provo, Utah, United States completely owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and run under the auspices of its Church Educational System. Approximately 99 percent of the students are members of the LDS Church and one-third of its U.S. students are from Utah. The university's primary focus is on undergraduate education, but it also has 68 master's and 25 doctoral degree programs.
Patterson has a bachelor's and master's degree from BYU. He also has a Ph.D. from Columbia University. From 1988 until 1993 Patterson taught at Franklin and Marshall College. In 1993 Patterson returned to BYU as a professor.
Columbia University is a private Ivy League research university in Upper Manhattan, New York City. Established in 1754, Columbia is the oldest institution of higher education in New York and the fifth-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. It is one of nine colonial colleges founded prior to the Declaration of Independence, seven of which belong to the Ivy League. It has been ranked by numerous major education publications as among the top ten universities in the world.
From 1998-2004 Patterson was the chair of the BYU Department of Political Science. He is the author of Political Parties and the Maintenance of Liberal Democracy (Columbia University Press, 1996). Patterson has also written many papers including many with J. Quin Monson and David B. Magleby. [1] One of Patterson's articles was included in a list of the top ten most cited articles in PS Political Science & Politics . [2]
Patterson and his wife Jeanene are the parents of two children.
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