Gary Olson (political scientist)
Gary L. Olson is currently chair of Political Science Department at Moravian College in Bethlehem, PA. He is also the author of three books: How the World Works, U.S. Foreign Policy and the Third World Peasant, and The Other Europe. He has written dozens of published articles and op-eds, many for ZNet. His research areas include international political economy, identity politics and global labor issues.
He was also very active during the late 1990s with the Labor Party in the Lehigh Valley.
Gary Olson is the father of award-winning spoken word/folk poet Alix Olson.
Education
- B.A., Concordia University
- M.A., University of South Dakota
- Ph.D., University of Colorado
Awards and Fellowships:
Fulbright & Malone Fellowships: Finland, Egypt, Syria, [Palestine] Kuwait, Jordan, Israel, and Mexico
Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching (1979) NIH Fellow (UNC - Chapel Hill) NEH Summer Fellowships (1979, 1982, 1989, 1991, 1995)