Background and experience
I have a long and varied experience from higher education in Norway. Have worked at the University of Oslo, Telemark College and the University of Agder.
Expert commentator for Norwegian radio, televison and newspapers
Areas of responsibility
Professor of English, American and British studies, didactics and subject pedagogy.
Teaching
I teach British and American culture, history and politics within teaching training programmes and discipline courses. I supervise BA and MA within those fields in addition to English didactics.
Examples: EN-153, EN-157, EN-159, EN-444, EN-457
Research
I do research on the conflict in Northern Ireland and on british culture and politics. Additionally, I do research on the utilisation of simulation games in the classroom and how games (primarly historical - Reacting to the Past) can be used in the teaching of English as a foreign language.
Academic interests
British and American culture, society, history and politics.
Historical simulation games as high impact teaching and learnnig
High impact learning strategies
Indigenous groups in New Zealand, Canada, USA and Australia, history of colonization, decolonization and current conditions.
Selected publications
Erik Mustad, Maren Johnson and Sean Taylor, "Using an American Immersion Pedagogy to Teach Norwegian Students American History and the English Language", Norwegian American Studies, University of Minnesota Press, vol. 41 2023, pp 88-112.
General outreach
Regularly comment for Norwegian media. Write newspaper articles and coment on British politics, culure, history and socity