Background

Petersen, Glenn Thomas was born on April 13, 1947 in Oakland, California, United States. Son of Roy Albert and Clare Theresa (Ruggle) Petersen.

Education

Bachelor, California State College, Hayward, 1970; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1977.

Career

Professor anthropology, Baruch College, CUNY, since 1977; professor Graduate school and University Center, Baruch College, CUNY, since 1986; department chairman sociology and anthropology, Baruch College, CUNY, 1984-1990. Senior research fellow Research School Pacific Studies, Australian National U., 1989;visiting professor international relations U. P.R., 1992-1993.

Achievements

• Glenn Thomas Petersen has been listed as a noteworthy Anthropology and international affairs educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • Lost in the weeds: Theme and variation in Pohnpei political mythology (Occasional paper)
  • One Man Cannot Rule a Thousand: Fission in a Ponapean Chiefdom (Studies in Pacific Anthropology) by Glenn T. Petersen (1982-10-15)
  • One Man Cannot Rule a Thousand: Fission in a Ponapean Chiefdom (Studies in Pacific Anthropology)

Membership

With United States Navy, 1964-1968, Vietnam. Fellow American Anthropological Association, Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania (board directors since 1992), New York Academy Sciences (advisory board 1979-1981). Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Pacific History Association, Pacific Science Association.

Interests

• Avocations: baseball, bird watching.

Connections

Married Victoria Garcia, Feb.25, 1983. 1 child, Grace Emilia.

Father:

Roy Albert Petersen

Mother:

Clare Theresa (Ruggle) Petersen

Spouse:

Victoria Garcia

child:

Grace Emilia Petersen