Modern Languages

Faculty

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Lindsay Petersen, Ph.D. - Associate Department Chair

Associate Professor of Modern Languages

Office: Irwin Hall 214

Phone: (707) 965-6509

Faculty Since: 2005

Education:
B.A. University of the Western Cape, South Africa 1979
M.A.T. Andrews University, Michigan 1981
M.S.L. L'Université de Grenoble, France, 1982
M.A. Fordham University, New York, 1984
Ph.D. Fordham University, New York, 1995

Biography:
Lindsay Petersen specializes in French literature and language and German language. His career history includes the French Government Bursary; United Nations Fellowship; Teaching Fellowship; teaching English, French, and music at the academy level; and serving as a school and academy principal. He has recently participated in summer seminars by Goethe Institute for German Teachers in Goettingen, Germany and Portland, Oregon. Petersen also serves as the academic director of the PacificQuest program. He enjoys solo guitar playing, soccer, table tennis, darts, singing in and directing music groups, driving around aimlessly in Europe learning and using foreign languages by following along on the radio, taking students on (mission) trips to other countries and cultures, figuring out how to be of greater service to his family and others, and Christian service.