Andrew Pattison

Andrew Pattison has been an English teacher at the University of Oulu since 2003, having taught in contexts ranging from the Language Center to the University Extension School. Since 2008 he has been situated in the English department, where he teaches courses on translation, language editing, and history of English. He studied at Finlandia University, Raahe University of Applied Science, and the University of Oulu, earning master’s degrees in English Philology and in History. Obtained in 2020, his doctoral dissertation examined medieval hunting literature and hunting rituals.

Amongst other things, he enjoys doing freelance language work and generally likes being out of doors. Most often, he can be found trail running in the woodlands, skating on the sea ice, or trying (mostly unsuccessfully) to convince his children to consider history as a career choice. Andrew has worked on a farm and as a lumberjack. This he likes to refer to as his ‘formal education’.