John Peterson

John Peterson is an Advanced Lecturer in the Program in Writing and Rhetoric at Stanford University. He has been teaching at Stanford since 2004.12 Some key points about John Peterson's background and experience:

Education and Early Career

• He earned his B.A. in English from the University of California, Santa Cruz and his M.F.A. in Creative Writing (Fiction) from the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.1
• Before coming to Stanford, Peterson was a mentor teacher in the UC Irvine Writing Program and helped start the writing curriculum at the University of Washington, Tacoma.2

Teaching at Stanford

• At Stanford, Peterson teaches courses in the Program in Writing and Rhetoric, including first-year and second-year writing classes.1
• Some of his course topics include education, liberal arts, consumer culture, media influence, and the tension between art and commerce.25
• He previously served as the Coordinator for PWR 1 (Writing & Rhetoric 1) from 2013-2016.2
• In addition to teaching PWR courses, Peterson works in the Hume Center for Writing and Speaking.23

Research Interests

Peterson's research interests include:

• How people's backgrounds, experiences, and relationships to technology shape their writing development
• Improvisation in education
• Comparisons between face-to-face and online learning
• Issues of surveillance related to collaborative writing tools like Google Docs2

Publications and Current Work

• He co-authored a chapter on writing and Google Docs in the book "Privacy Matters: Conversations about Surveillance within and beyond the Classroom" (2021).2
• Peterson is currently working on a project exploring improvisation as a learned activity, titled "Improvisation and Free Speech: The Danger and Beauty of Speaking Off-the-Cuff".2

With over 20 years of teaching experience, John Peterson has worked with writers from a wide range of backgrounds.4 His LinkedIn profile can be found under the username john-peterson-24a02640.4