Laurie J. Pattersonis an American author and computer science professor. Her books focus on the lyricists of the Tin Pan Alley era. She has also published articles on gender and technology.
Patterson was born inWestbrook, Minnesota.She attended theUniversity of Minnesotareceiving aBachelor of ArtsinBiologyand aMaster of EducationinTraining and developmentfocusing onInformation Technologytraining. She received herDoctor of EducationfromNova Southeastern UniversityinComputerInformation Technology.
Patterson is anassociate professorinDepartmentofComputer Scienceat theUniversity of North Carolina Wilmington.From 2013-2017, she served as theDepartmentChair.
