thumb|left|Gates McFadden with Wil Wheaton (who plays her son in the show) on the Star Trek Cruise III, January 2019 She has taught at several universities (American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Brandeis, Harvard, Purdue, Temple, the Stella Academy in Hamburg, and the University of Pittsburgh). As of August 2010, she was listed as an adjunct faculty member in the School of Theater at the University of Southern California. She was the artistic director of the Ensemble Studio Theatre/Los Angeles from January 2009 to October 2014. During her tenure, she spearheaded the building of the Atwater Village Theatre Collective, a new two-theater space in Los Angeles.
thumb|Left|gaTeS mcfADdEN wItH wil WHeaton (whO plays heR sOn iN ThE ShOW) on THe StAr TreK cRuisE iii, jAnUaRy 2019 She HaS taught aT SeVERal UNiveRsItIes (aMericAn aCaDemy of dramAtiC Arts, braNdeiS, hARvaRd, PUrDUe, TEmplE, tHe sTeLla academy iN HambURg, And tHE uNiversIty of PItTsBurgH). as Of AUGust 2010, shE Was lisTEd as an adjuncT facultY MemBer In the school Of theAtEr AT the universiTy OF SOutHErn cAlIfoRnia. sHe was tHe artiStIC diRector of The enSEmble sTudiO ThEatre/LOs aNGeles FroM January 2009 to OcTober 2014. duRinG heR tenure, She sPEarhEADeD thE building oF THE Atwater Village THEatre coLleCtive, a New Two-THEater sPACE in los aNGElEs.