An Americanist, Peter Scholl also teaches our film courses.  He has a BA from Augustana (IL), a PhD from the U of Chicago, and a fine book on Garrison Keillor (Twayne; U of Iowa Press), but lately his research interests have moved eastward:  having studied the language, traveled extensively in China, and led study abroad programs there, Peter is our department's resident expert on all things Chinese. His other interests include the American novel, film studies, rhetoric, American humor, and recently he taught first year courses on Abraham Lincoln and on the Western. The able editor of Agora:  Luther College in Conversation—Luther’s fine faculty journal--Peter is one of our departmental bikers.

"There have been many moments in the classroom… when I and the students all know that we have collectively created a new awareness, and the rewards of study are in us and with us in the room." -Peter Scholl