Featured scholarly/creative works
- Wheeler, B. M., & Patterson, M. J. (2023). CHEM 1142 Lab Manual: 3rd Edition.
- Vinciguerra, B. M., & Patterson, M. J. (2021). CHEM 1142 Lab Manual. Hayden McNeil.
- Patterson, M. J. (Ed.). (2017). CHEM 1142 Custom Edition for Texas State University. Boston, MA, USA: Cengage Learning.
- Patterson, M. J. (2016). [Review of Introductory Chemistry: An Atoms First Approach, 1st ed., by M. Hill, J. Burdge, & M. Driessen].
- Patterson, M. J. (2000). Developing an Internet-Based Chemistry Class. J. Chem. Educ, 77, 554.
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Achievement Award for Excellence in Service, College of Science and Engineering. 2024
- Award / Honor Recipient: 2020 Teaching Award of Honor, Texas State University Alumni Association. August 21, 2020
- Award / Honor Recipient: Dean’s Nominee for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching. 2016
- Award / Honor Recipient: Blazier Elementary School, AISD and Austin Partners in Education Parent Ambassador Award. May 2015
- Award / Honor Nominee: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching, Assistant Professor or Lecturer Rank, Texas State. 2014

Featured service activities
- Member
Campus Technology Committee
- Volunteer
McCallum High School Theatre
- Member
Safety Committee
- Member
Foundations of Chemistry Committee
- Member
NLF Title Series Committee
- Member
Outcomes and Assessments