Patricia Coughlan is an Associate Teaching Professor at Rowan University with extensive experience in education. Coughlan has served as an Instructor for the New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association and as Site Director for the Summer Institute for the Gifted. Additionally, Coughlan has worked as a Gifted & Talented Specialist at Gloucester Township Public Schools. Coughlan holds a Master of Arts in Education from the University of Connecticut, earned between 1997 and 2001, and a Bachelor of Arts in Speech from Rowan University, completed from 1978 to 1983.