Pastreich akapedza zvidzidzo zvake paYale University, kwaakapedza neB.A. muChinese muna 1987, uye panguva yekoreji akadzidza kunze kwenyika kuNational Taiwan University. Pastreich akawana MA mune zvinyorwa zvakaenzaniswa paYunivhesiti yeTokyo muna 1991, kwaakanyora master's dissertation, Edo kôki bunjin Tanomura Chikuden: Edo Muyô no shiga " (The Late Literatus Tanomura Chikuden; The Uselessness of Painting and Poetry), zvizere muchiJapanese.
Yunivhesiti yeIllinois kuUrbana<unk>Champaign, George Washington University, uye Solbridge International School of Business