David Patterson joined the University of Texas at Dallas in 2010. With degrees in philosophy (B.A., Oregon, 1972) and in comparative literature (M.A., Ph.D., Oregon, 1976, 1978), he has taught at the University of Memphis, where he held the Bornblum Chair in Judaic Studies, as well as at Oklahoma State University and the University of Oregon. Patterson has served as the visiting Sutton Chair in the Humanities at the University of Oklahoma and as a guest professor at Pepperdine University. Presented in partnership with Jewish and American Holocaust Literature Symposium 2017.