Rate My Professor Brent Olson

Dr. Olson's research examines the interactions between culture, political economy, and nature, with particular emphasis on climate justice, inter-species relationships, political ecology, environmental history, and landscape studies. Key publications include 'Paper Trails: The Outdoor Recreation Resource Review Commission and the Rationalization of Recreational Resources' in Geoforum (2010, 31 citations), 'Subdivisions and Deer Uses: Conflicts between Nature and Private Property on the Urban Fringe' in Landscape Research (2013), and ''In the Real Estate Business Whether We Admit It or Not': Timber and Exurban Development in Central Oregon' in A Comparative Political Ecology of Exurbia (2016). He has received the Gore Course Release Grant for the project 'The Political Economy of Snow' (2015), Gore Summer Research Fellowship (2014), and multiple fellowships from Syracuse University, including the Maxwell Dean’s Fellowship (2010, 2007, 2006) and Dean’s Dissertation Fellowship (2007-2008). At Westminster, Olson serves on the Faculty Senate, Sustainability Council, and Teaching and Learning Resources Committee, advises the undergraduate research journal Myriad, and directs the Institute for Mountain Research, fostering public engagement through initiatives like the Westminster Expedition.