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Mary Olson

Personal Page: 

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Position: 

Professor

Department: 

Sociology and Anthropology, Ethnic Studies

E-mail: 

molson@cornellcollege.edu

Phone: 

(319) 895-4359

Fax: 

(319) 895-4492

Mailing Address: 

Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Cornell College
600 First Street West
Mt. Vernon, IA 52314
USA

Education

  • 1984, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin (Madison)
  • 1977, M.S., University of Wisconsin (Madison)
  • 1975, B.A., University of Wisconsin (Oshkosh)

 

Teaching, Research Interests

  • Rare and Ethnicity
  • Native Americans
  • Social Theory

 

Courses Taught

  • Introduction to Sociology
  • Race and Ethnic Relationship
  • Civil Rights and Western Racism
  • Contemporary Native Americans
  • Sociological Theory
  • Women and Society

 

Publications

  • Olson, Mary. Book Review of Douglas Foley's The Heartland Chronicles in The Annals of Iowa, 1997.
  • Olson, Mary. The Legal Road to Economic Development in M. Snipp, Public Policy Impacts on American Indian Economic Development, 1989.

 

Employment

  • 1990-97, Associate Professor of Sociology
  • 1989-90, Assistant Professor, Antioch College
  • 1985-1989, Assistant Professor, Boston University

 

Interests/Hobbies

  • Reading
  • Horseback Riding

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