Soren Peterson
Consultant, Freelancer, Podcaster at Association of Academic Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean (AAPLAC)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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Top SchoolSoren Peterson is a bilingual (English/Spanish) international education consultant, applied anthropologist, and cultural geographer with 11 years of professional experience designing and evaluating faculty-led study abroad programs. He combines hands-on technical skills—WordPress, CiviCRM, Mailman—with deep programmatic expertise from roles at universities and professional associations to streamline registration, recruitment, and risk management for short-term programs. As host of two podcasts on international education and co-manager of a prominent email discussion list, he shapes practitioner conversations and disseminates best practices across the field. His work spans consultancy and freelance engagements while serving long-term as webmaster for AAPLAC, demonstrating sustained commitment to Latin America-focused higher education. Notably, he pairs ethnographic and geographic research interests in transnational migration and tourism with practical program administration, enabling evidence-based curriculum and evaluation design. Based in Minneapolis, he brings a blend of academic curiosity and pragmatic tech-enabled solutions to education abroad leadership.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Geography, Bachelor’s Degree, Geography at Augustana CollegeMaster’s Degree, Anthropology, Master’s Degree, Anthropology at University of Denver
English, Spanish
Github Skills (33)
npm10
realtime10
nodejs10
mongodb10
react10
zero-configuration9
javascript9
microfrontend9
build-system9
meteor9
app-platform9
rpc9
reactive-programming9
inferno9
bun8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
OtterHive/EtherGit
Nov 2016 - Dec 2016
Contributions:69 commits, 63 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
sorenpeterson/horse-attack-meteor
Apr 2015 - Mar 2016
Contributions:50 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
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