Lawrence
Today magazine, Fall 2006
Brent
O. Peterson, chair of the German department, has been promoted
to the rank of full professor. A member of the Lawrence faculty since 2002,
he teaches courses in German literature, history, and culture and this year
introduced a new course, Berlin: Experiencing a Great City, that included a
short visit to the German capital during Lawrence’s spring recess. He
also is a member of the faculty advisory committee for the gender studies program.
Peterson holds a B.A. degree from Johns Hopkins University, an M.A. from the
University of Iowa, and the Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. He is the
author of Popular Narratives and Ethnic Identity: Literature and Community
in Die Abendschule (Cornell University Press, 1991) and History,
Fiction, and Germany: Writing the 19th-Century Nation (Wayne State University
Press, 2005). He received a Recognition of Merit Award from the Wisconsin Association
of
Foreign Language Teachers in 2004.