Amanda Peeni

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Amanda Wallace was raised in Alaska, has lived in Hawaii three times, lived for a number of years in New Zealand, and calls herself “a Pacific kid.”

She has a BA in TESOL from Brigham Young University Hawaii, an MA in TESL from Hawaii Pacific University, and additional university credits in theater, languages, education, and music from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. She taught at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and in New Zealand public schools and community education programs.

At BYUH, she is an EIL Lecturer and is also the EIL curriculum specialist for Listening/Speaking. She thoroughly enjoys her work with the university’s students and her colleagues. In addition, Amanda is the Book Review Editor for the TESL Reporter. She worked previously as an international editor for the Church’s Ensign magazine, and she has also contributed articles to the Church News.