Dr. Patricia "Patti" Cook is the Program Manager, Academic Noncredit Programs. She researches, develops, implements, and oversees a diverse portfolio of non-credit educational programs for CaPE's nontraditional adult students.

In her previous life, Patti was a research archaeologist at a cultural resources management firm. She also has firsthand knowledge of how continuing education and cutting-edge technology can help adult learners transform their lives. As an adjunct faculty member at the University of Arizona, she taught synchronous classes that were televised to nontraditional students on the University of Arizona satellite campuses in southern Arizona. Yes, she played an archaeologist on TV!