• Ph.D. University of North Carolina, 1973 (musicology)
• MM Texas Christian University, 1969 (musicology)
• BMus Texas Christian University, 1964 (Church Music; Inter. Affairs)

HONORS

• 1997. Technology Tools for Today's Campuses, CD ROM funded by Microsoft Corporation, edited by James Morrison, ed.
• 1991. Masters of Innovation Award, 2nd Place, Zenith Data Systems and EDUCOM's Joe Wyatt Challenge Awaard: 100n Success Stories of Information Technology in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
• 1990. Music Advisor, Institute for Academic Technology, Research Triangle Park, NC
• 1989. Fellow, Center for Teaching Effectiveness, University of Delaware
• 1987. National Endowment for the Humanities, "Music and Technology Summer Seminar," at Dartmouth College. Visiting Scholar, University of Georgia. Visiting Scholar, Appalachian State University, NC.
• 1986. Gold CINDY Award for best Level I videodiscs and the University of Nebraska Merit Award. Part of the team that developed the University of Delaware Music Videodisc Series.
• 1985. Certificate of Appreciation from the J. F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Certificate of Appreciation from the University of Delaware Minority Center (also awarded in 1984)

PUBLICATIONS (1991-98)

• 1998. "The Poetry of Olivier Messiaen," in Messiaen and Mysticism, to be published by Garland Publishing Co.
• 1997. Manager of MusDisc Network, an online list for the uses of new technologies and the teaching of music. Moved from a hard copy journal edited by Prof. Peterson, begun in 1989. Became an online list in 1994.
• 1995. "Music Literature Instruction and Multimedia: a Delaware Perspective," Musicus: Computer Applications in Music Education, Vol. 4 (June 1995)
• 1994. "The Information Highway: Computer Networking for Choral Musicians," The Choral Journal, April 1994 (co-author).
• 1993. "Music and New Technologies," five-minute segment in "Technology Across the Campus: Creating a Student-Centered Environment," a satellite broadcast produced by the Institute for Academic Technology, broadcast in December.
• 1991. "Music and Multimedia: A Progress Report," Institute for Academic Technology Briefings (summer issue).

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

Prof. Peterson has presented at intermational and national meetings of the American Musicological Society, the Arts and Letters Conference, College Music Society, the Association for Technology in Music Instruction, The Getty Center for Education in the Arts, International Society for Music Education, Mechlin National Conference on Videodiscs, Music Curriculum and Current Technology, National Association of Schools of Music, Opera America, and National Opera Association.

CONSULTATIONS/ADVISORY POSITIONS

Prof. Peterson has consulted for projects at the University of Wisconsin, Texas Christian University, Pennsylvania State University, Dartmouth College, University of Georgia, Appalachian State University, North Texas State University, and Indiana University. Currently he is the computer consultant for the Presbyterian Association of Musicians where he has taught computer classes for church musicians attending summer conferences at Montreat, NC, and New Wilmington, PA.

LISTINGS

• American Keyboard Artists, 1st ed.
• Distinguished Church Musicians in the United States, 1st ed.
• International Who's Who in Music, 10th-13th eds.
• International Whos Who in Music and Musicians Directory, 12th ed.
• Men of Achievement, 7th-16 eds
• Who's Who in America, 48th ed.
• Who's Who in American Education, 1st-4th eds.
• Who's Who in American Music, 2nd ed.