Joyce Helena Pedersen

Background

Pedersen, Joyce Helena was born on June 26, 1928 in San Francisco, California, United States. Daughter of Axel and Helena Dorothea (Gauzza) Hendry.

Education

Bachelor, University California, Berkeley, 1950. Postgraduate, San Francisco State University, 1951. Master of Arts in Teaching English as Second Language, Norwich University, 1984.

Career

Research coordinator, graphic designer, Project Care for Children, San Rafael, California, 1980-1981; teacher, reading specialist, master teacher, Mill Valley (California) School District, 1963-1977; instructor learning skiils program, Santa Rosa (California) Junior College, 1978-1980; with, Time Life Books/Japan, Osaka, 1981-1983; instructor English, Osaka Shoin Women's U., 1983-1987; instructor English, Tenri U., Tenri City, Japan, 1986-1989; instructor English, Nara (Japan) U., 1988-1989; instructor English, Sonoma State American Language Institute, Rohnert Park, California, 1990-1991; instructor English, English as Second Language program, College of Marin, Kentfield, California, 1990-1991; instructor English, English as Second Language program, Osaka (Japan) Shoin Women's College, 1991-1993; instructor English, Nara Prefectural Medical U., Japan, 1992-1993; instructor English, Napa (California) Community College, since 1993.

Achievements

• Joyce Helena Pedersen has been listed as a noteworthy English educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Japan Association Language Teachers, Japan Association College English Teachers, Japan Association University Women.

Interests

• Avocations: calligraphy, ikebana, bon seki.

Connections

Married Roy Clyde Gustafson, September 27, 1952 (divorced 1971). Children: Dru, Lyn.

Father:

Axel Hendry

Mother:

Helena Dorothea (Gauzza) Hendry

Spouse:

Roy Clyde Gustafson

child:

Lyn Pedersen

child:

Dru Pedersen