Janni Pedersen
Janni Pedersen, Secretary and Registration Chair
Student Success and Assessment
UC San Diego
pedersenjanni@gmail.com
Dr. Janni Pedersen is associate professor and program chair, Anthropology, Ashford University. Previously, she taught at Iowa State University and Des Moines Area Community College. A native of Denmark, Dr. Pedersen earned an MA in Philosophy from the University of Aarhus before turning to Anthropology at Iowa State University, where she earned her doctorate.
Her research includes work with language-competent bonobos with a focus on language evolution and language-thought interaction, and studies of human-ape interactions involving the apes residing at the San Diego Zoo. She has also conducted ethnographic field work on the Corpus Christi celebration in Parita, Panama, accounts of which can be read here.