Mark Peterson, PhD

Associate Professor and Department Chair
E-Mail: mark.peterson@washburn.eduCourses Taught:
PO106 Intro to American Government
PO245 Intro to Public Administration
PO305 Public Policy
PO306 Urban-Metropolitan Government
PO308 Federalism and Public Policies
PO312 State and Local Economic Development
PO321 American Presidency
PO392 Urban and Regional Planning
PO393 Public Budgeting
PO401 Policy Evaluation Methods

Associate Professor Mark Peterson MPA, PhD (U. of New Mexico, 1996) is a practicing homosapiens who has engaged in acts of pedagogy at Washburn University for more than a pentad of years. Affable, extroverted, prolix and gargantuan, Dr. Peterson has an equable manner, is regarded by students as being just and empathetic, and regards his vocation as a sharing of a rich mixture of insights and enthusiasms for the second most important social activity the species engages in with or witho ut clothing. Students who enroll in Dr. Peterson's classes are expected to demonstrate clear signs of higher cortical function through the skillful execution of writing assignments and class interactions.