About
Peter is an active volunteer with the North Country Trail Association, planning, building and maintaining new sections of the North Country National Scenic Trail in northwest Wisconsin. He has served on the association’s national board of directors. He has a long involvement with public radio, as a founder of northern Wisconsin stations WXPR and WOJB, and on the board of the Wisconsin Public Radio Association. He is very involved with the UW-Superior Alumni Association, serving on the board of directors including a term as chair, and as coordinator of the Chequamegon Bay Alumni Chapter.
Research Interests
Peter’s academic research is centered on the ways educational organizations create collaborations around emerging communication technologies. In examining both successful and unsuccessful collaborations, he has applied inter-organizational frameworks such as collective strategy (see Astley, The Academy of Management Review 9(3):526-535 · July 1984).
His current interests include leadership in higher education; effective ways to administer, market, and deliver online learning programs; student success in online learning; Internet policy; trends in public radio broadcasting; and trends in podcasting.
Education
- 2009 – Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) – Educational Policy and Administration, University of Minnesota
- 1975 – Master of Science (M.S.) – Media Technology, University of Wisconsin-Stout
- 1974 – Bachelor of Science (B.S.) – Biology, University of Wisconsin-Superior