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Pete Peterson
Vice President for Academic Affairs, Professor of Biology
Degrees
B.A., California State University - Humboldt
Ph.D., University of Alberta, Canada
Post-Doctoral Studies, University of Tennessee
Office Location: Memorial Hall, 107
Office Hours: By appointment
Phone: 615.547.1275
E-mail: ppeterson@cumberland.edu
Dr. Peterson has served Cumberland University since 1990 as professor of biology and is responsible for instructing courses in general biology, general botany, ecology, human anatomy and physiology and flowering botany.
He is currently completing his fifth year as vice president for academic affairs and previously served as dean of the Cumberland University School of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Dr. Peterson's research interests include Bryophytes (mosses) of Tennessee, with a focus on the Cedars of Lebanon State Park.
Dr. Peterson is married to Anita, a native of Tennessee who also holds a Ph.D. in botany. She is currently employed as the administrator of Centennial Hospital's Parthenon Pavilion. Dr. Peterson and his wife enjoy travel and have recently visited China, Alaska, Australia, New Zealand, the Antarctic Peninsula, Peru and the Galapagos Islands.
Degrees
B.A., California State University - Humboldt
Ph.D., University of Alberta, Canada
Post-Doctoral Studies, University of Tennessee
Office Location: Memorial Hall, 107
Office Hours: By appointment
Phone: 615.547.1275
E-mail: ppeterson@cumberland.edu
Dr. Peterson has served Cumberland University since 1990 as professor of biology and is responsible for instructing courses in general biology, general botany, ecology, human anatomy and physiology and flowering botany.
He is currently completing his fifth year as vice president for academic affairs and previously served as dean of the Cumberland University School of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Dr. Peterson's research interests include Bryophytes (mosses) of Tennessee, with a focus on the Cedars of Lebanon State Park.
Dr. Peterson is married to Anita, a native of Tennessee who also holds a Ph.D. in botany. She is currently employed as the administrator of Centennial Hospital's Parthenon Pavilion. Dr. Peterson and his wife enjoy travel and have recently visited China, Alaska, Australia, New Zealand, the Antarctic Peninsula, Peru and the Galapagos Islands.