Born: 11/17/1948   Ishpeming , MI
Parents: John R. and Emily Kivisto
Spouse: Susan L. Kivisto
Children: Sarah R., Aaron J.
Address(es):
Permanent :
Department of Sociology, Augustana College
639 38th St
Rock Island , IL 61201
USA
Contact Information:
Phone : 309-794-7296
Website : http://www.finnala.com/Kivisto_Peter.html

Image	Title	Genre	Audience	Publisher	Date
	Sociology of Religion : Contemporary Developments - with Kevin Christiano and Wm. H. Swatos, Jr.	Non Fiction	Adult	Lanham, MD : AltaMira Press	2001
	Social Theory : Roots and Branches - 2nd ed. 2002	Non Fiction	Adult	Los Angeles, CA : Roxbury Press	2000
	Multiculturalism in the United States - with Georganne Rundblad	Non Fiction	Adult	Thousand Oaks, CA : Pine Forge Press	2000
	Illuminating Social Life	Non Fiction	Adult	Thousand Oaks, CA : Pine Forge Press	1998
	Key Ideas in Sociology	Non Fiction	Adult	Thousand Oaks, CA : Pine Forge Press	1998
	The Encyclopedia of Religion and Society - Associate editor	Non Fiction	Adult	Walnut Creek, CA : AltaMira Press	1998
	Scandinavian Immigrants and Education in North America - With Philip Anderson and Dag Blanck	Non Fiction	Adult	Chicago, IL : Swedish American Historical Society	1995
	The Rapture of Politics : The Christian Right as the United States Approaches the Year 2000 - with Steven Bruce and Wm. H. Swatos, Jr.	Non Fiction	Adult	New Brunsweick, NJ : Transaction	1995
	For Democracy - with Ronald Glassman and Wm. H. Swatos, Jr.	Non Fiction	Adult	Westport, CT : Greenwood Press	1993
	American Immigrants and their Generations - with Dag Blanck	Non Fiction	Adult	Champaign, IL : University of Illinois Press	1990
	The Ethnic Enigma : The Salience of Ethnicity for European Origin Groups - Editor	Non Fiction	Adult	Philadelphia, PA : Balch Institute Press	1989
	Max Weber : A Biobibliography - with Wm. H. Swatos, Jr.	Non Fiction	Adult	Westport, CT : Greenwood Press	1988
	Immigrant Socialist in the United States : The Case of Finns and the Left	Non Fiction	Adult	Madison, NJ : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press	1984

What is the aim or goal of your writing: I was encouraged to write by my high school English teacher, who encouraged me to attend a writing workshop at the University of Michigan; a love of reading that I acquired from my parents and nurtured at Ishpeming's Carnegie Public Library.

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: Yes

Yes and will answer letters from students and teachers.

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

Name	Date
Fulbright Scholarship
National Endowment for the Humanities Grant
American Scandinavian Foundation Grant
Fellowship for Democratic Studies

MeLCat Links:
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