Naomi Petersen
Professor
Meet "NJP", the originator of the Accessibility and Disability Studies Programs and advisor to all its students.
Dr. Naomi Jeffery Petersen (“NJP”) is a Professor in the Department of Curriculum, Supervision, and Educational Leadership. She is a graduate of Pacific Lutheran University (BA/Ed), Chapman University (MA/Counseling Psychology), and Seattle Pacific University (EdD/Curriculum) where her dissertation was a psychometric investigation of teacher beliefs. As a teacher educator, her instruction and consultation work have been in assessment and professional dispositions. The interpretive panels she designed for the Washington State History Museum demonstrate her longstanding interest in informal learning environments, including an emphasis on STEM, arts, and literacy integration. She has published on a range of topics involving systemic issues, including public health, watersheds, railroad and military histories, and accessibility. She is an active advocate for a variety of identity and cultural issues.
NJP is the originator of the Accessibility & Disability Studies Programs and as director serves as advisor to all its students and primary contact person. She mentors capstone projects and teaches several courses, including ASP 184 PADstone with a focus on media representations of disability. She hosts the ASP 410/510 Current Issues Seminar each quarter.
She is lives in Ellensburg with weekly commutes westside to visit family and serve as the pianist for the Normanna Male Chorus of Tacoma.
"If service is beneath you, leadership is beyond you."
—NJP
Meet "NJP", the originator of the Accessibility and Disability Studies Programs and advisor to all its students.
Dr. Naomi Jeffery Petersen (“NJP”) is a Professor in the Department of Curriculum, Supervision, and Educational Leadership. She is a graduate of Pacific Lutheran University (BA/Ed), Chapman University (MA/Counseling Psychology), and Seattle Pacific University (EdD/Curriculum) where her dissertation was a psychometric investigation of teacher beliefs. As a teacher educator, her instruction and consultation work have been in assessment and professional dispositions. The interpretive panels she designed for the Washington State History Museum demonstrate her longstanding interest in informal learning environments, including an emphasis on STEM, arts, and literacy integration. She has published on a range of topics involving systemic issues, including public health, watersheds, railroad and military histories, and accessibility. She is an active advocate for a variety of identity and cultural issues.
NJP is the originator of the Accessibility & Disability Studies Programs and as director serves as advisor to all its students and primary contact person. She mentors capstone projects and teaches several courses, including ASP 184 PADstone with a focus on media representations of disability. She hosts the ASP 410/510 Current Issues Seminar each quarter.
She is lives in Ellensburg with weekly commutes westside to visit family and serve as the pianist for the Normanna Male Chorus of Tacoma.
"If service is beneath you, leadership is beyond you."
—NJP
Contact
Black Hall 214-5