Peter T. Merrill

Titles: Head, Division of World Languages, Chair, Global Perspectives Group, Russian and German Instructor
Department: Russian, German
PA Start Date: 1989

Degrees
BA, University of Pennsylvania
MA, University of Pennsylvania
PhD, University of California, Los Angeles

Interests
No doubt the reason I went into teaching is that learning is the thing I love most. Well, there’s chocolate, too. Reading and travel are favorite ways to learn, and reading fiction set around the world is a great way to combine the two. Reading while traveling is as good as it gets. For me, the goal of travel, whether local or distant, alone, or with family, colleagues, or students, is about understanding, not novelty.