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Shawn K. Olson-Hazboun
(Formerly Shawn K. Olson)
CONTACT
Department of Sociology, Social Work,
and Anthropology
Utah State University
0730 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322-0730
Phone: 435-797-1230
Cell: 360-305-6408
Fax: 435-797-1240
Email: [email protected]
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy, Sociology
Expected completion: August 2016
Utah State University – Logan, UT
Mentor: Dr. Richard Krannich
Specialty Areas: Environment and Natural Resources, Energy and Climate, Community,
Political Sociology (passed comprehensive exam with distinction).
Master of Science, Environmental Studies
2013
University of Colorado – Boulder, CO
Mentor: Dr. Maxwell Boykoff
Thesis Title: “Power Politics: The Political Ecology of Wind Farm Opposition in Wyoming”
Specialty Areas: Political Ecology, Renewable Energy Public Opinion, Climate Change Beliefs.
BA – Environmental Studies & Social Movements
The Evergreen State College – Olympia, WA
2003
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Environment and energy attitudes, community impacts of renewable and traditional energy
development, implications of neoliberal political economy, cultural politics of climate change
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES & CHAPTERS
Krannich, R.S., P.G. Robertson, and S.K. Olson. (2015) Renewable energy in the United States:
Trends, prospects, and implications for rural development. In Albrecht, D. (ed): Our Energy
Future: Socioeconomic Implications for Rural America. New York: Routledge.
Boykoff, M.T. and S.K. Olson. (2013) ‘Wise Contrarians’: A Keystone Species in
Contemporary Climate Science, Politics, and Policy. Celebrity Studies, 4(3): 276-291.
MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW
Olson-Hazboun, S.K., R.S. Krannich, and P.G. Robertson. “Religion and Environment:
Perspectives on Environment, Climate, and Renewable energy in the Mormon Culture
Region.” Under review with: Society & Natural Resources
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MANUSCRIPTS IN DEVELOPMENT FOR PEER REVIEW
Olson, S.K., R.S. Krannich, and P.G. Robertson. “Renewable Energy as a Distinct Dimension
Of Public Views on Energy and Environment.” Target Journal: Energy Research and Social
Sciences.
Olson, S.K., S. Malin and R.S. Krannich. “Modern Countermovement Divergence: Expanding
Polanyi’s Double-movement Theory to Explain Rural Lands-based Protests in Utah.” Target
Journal: Sociologial Perspectives.
Olson, S.K. and D. Jackson-Smith. “Effects of Recent Energy ‘Booms’ on Community Wellbeing in the Intermountain West.” Target journal: Rural Sociology.
Olson, S.K. and D. Bugden. “Symbolic Landscapes and Renewable Energy: Locating Power and
Justice Within the Construction of Place Meanings.” Target journal: Energy Research and
Social Sciences.
OTHER BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS
Olson, S.K. and B. Shaine. 2005. Community and Copper in a Wild Land. Copper Center,
Alaska: National Park Service & Wrangell Mountains Center.
Olson, S.K. 2004. “Climbers to Conservationists: Early Organizations in Washington’s
Wilderness Movement.” In E. Whitesell (Ed). Defending Wild Washington: A Citizen’s
Action Guide. (pp. 120-147). Seattle, WA: Mountaineers Books.
Byal, L, and S.K. Olson. 2004. “Current Protected Areas and Geographical Assessment.” In E.
Whitesell (Ed). Defending Wild Washington: A Citizen’s Action Guide. (pp. 62-80). Seattle,
WA: Mountaineers Books.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Krannich, R.S., P.G. Robertson, and S.K. Olson. 2015. “Citizen Perspectives on Energy
Development: Selected Findings from a Comparative Survey of Local Residents in Five
Intermountain West Communities.” Report of findings generated for communities. Available
at http://www.usu.edu/energy
Krannich, R.S., P.G. Robertson, and S.K. Olson. 2014. “Wind and Solar Energy in the U.S.:
Policy Recommendations for Rural Development.” Policy Brief: National Agricultural &
Rural Development Policy Center – Brief 13/November 2013.
Seaman, B., S.K. Olson, and L. Ofrias. 2012. “Beyond Single Subscriber Solar:
Recommendations for Encouraging Distributed Solar Generation in Boulder, Colorado,
Under Two Future Utility-ownership Scenarios.” Report generated for the City of Boulder.
Olson, Shawn K. 2011. “Making the Case for Renewables.” The Boulder Stand. Available at:
http://www.theboulderstand.org/2011/11/08/making-the-case-for-renewables
Olson, Shawn K. 2011. “Where is Our Green Energy Economy?” The Boulder Stand. Available
at: http://www.theboulderstand.org/2011/10/11/where-is-our-green-economy
Olson, Shawn K. 2010. “Becoming the Watcher – Honoring Mount Baker.” Adventures
Northwest, Winter issue. Pp. 9-11.
Olson, Shawn K. 2010. The Great White Watcher.” Mountain Gazette, August issue. Pp. 21-22.
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GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS
Presidential Doctoral Research Fellowship, Utah State University: 2013-2017. $20,000/year plus
tuition waiver.
The Center to Advance Research & Teaching in the Social Sciences. Olson, S.K. and Max T.
Boykoff. Fall 2012. “Power Politics: The Political Ecology of Wind Farm Opposition in
Wyoming.” $3700.
[Not funded, but awarded “Very Good” rating]: EPA Science to Achieve Results (STAR)
graduate fellowship program. Olson, S.K. 2012. “Green Energy in a Red State: Assessing rural
Utahan’s attitudes towards renewable energy development and understanding the outcomes for
future adoption.”
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Graduate Research Assistant
“Deconstructing the Multidimensionality of Public Perspectives on the Environment and Natural
Resources.” (Principal Investigator: Dr. Rick Krannich), Utah State University Agricultural
Experiment Station Project #UTA01219, Utah State University, July 2015 to present.
“Public Response to Alternative Energy Systems in the Intermountain West.” (Principal
Investigator: Dr. Rick Krannich), Utah State University Agricultural Experiment Station Project
#UTA00839, Utah State University, August 2013-June 2015.
Research Assistant to Dr. Margot Higgens
Conducted research examining the effect of the U.S. Park Service designation on local residents
sense of place within the largest national park in the country (Wrangell-St. Elias National Park &
Preserve, Alaska.) McCarthy, AK. Design and administration of survey mapping visitors’
experiences in small-town Alaska, May 2011.
Professional Researcher & Writer
Qualitative research, archival research, literature review, and chapter contributions for natural &
cultural history guidebook to Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve, Alaska, under Dr.
Benjamin Shaine. Project funded by the U.S. National Park Service. Sept. 2003 to April 2004.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE (Instructor of Record)
Contemporary Sociological Theory (SOC 4010), Utah State University, Spring 2016.
Social Problems (SOC 1020), Utah State University, Spring 2015.
Writing and Rhetoric (WRTG 1150), University of Colorado, Boulder, Fall 2011 - Spring 2013.
Wild Rockies Summer Semester: Wild Rockies Field Institute – University of Montana
Summer Semester 2012 & 2013
Env. Geography of the Northern Rockies (GPHY 391); Community-Based Conservation of
the Northern Rockies (NRSM 311); Traditional Ecological Knowledge in the Northern
Rockies (NASX 395); Conservation Biology in the Northern Rockies (NRSM 311)
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Alaska Wrangell Mountains Field Semester: Wildlands Studies Program – California State
University. Summer Semester 2010 & 2011
12 semester-credit undergraduate environmental studies field course
Topics: Natural resource policy, Park management, Ecology, Geomorphology
Guest Lectures
“Environmental Justice & Racism.” SOC 3010: Social Inequality, Utah State University,
February 2016.
“Renewable Energy & the Energy-Climate Nexus.” SOC 3300: Environment & Society, Weber
State University, November 2015.
“Energy Development & Rural Communities.” SOC 3610: Rural Sociology, Utah State
University, November 2014.
“Natural Resource Dependency.” SOC 4620: Natural Resource Sociology, Utah State
University, Feb. 2014.
“Studying Environmental Problems.” SOC 1020: Social Problems, Utah State University. March
2014.
“Understanding Anti-Environmentalism.” ENVS 4800: Environmental Justice, University of
Colorado, Boulder, February 2013.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Senior Wilderness Therapy Field Instructor
Aspen Achievement Academy
Loa, UT. October 2009 – May 2010; October 2010 – April 2011
Led groups of underprivileged youth in the wilderness for 8-day durations; taught high
school science curriculum and basic survival skills
Public Relations Specialist and Editor
Baron & Company
Bellingham, WA. February 2008 – August 2009
Composed copy for Web sites, reports, brochures, newsletters, magazines and print, radio
and TV ads, and press releases, edited copy, managed client PR and marketing campaigns
Communications Manager
American Alpine Institute
Bellingham, WA. April 2005 – February 2008
Published bi-monthly E-Newsletter; produced marketing materials and press releases;
managed company blog and Web content
Researcher
Wrangell Mountains Center
McCarthy, AK. Sept. 2003 – April, 2004
Conducted interviews, archive research, and literature review for natural & cultural history
guidebook to Wrangell-St. Elias National Park.
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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Olson, S.K., R.S. Krannich, and P.G. Robertson. 2015. “(De)constructing the
Multidimensionality of Public Environmental Views: Renewable Energy as a Distinct
Dimension.” International Symposium on Society & Resource Management. Charleston, SC.
Robertson, P.G., R.S. Krannich, and Olson-Hazboun, S.K.. 2015. “The Shifting Sands of Public
Opinion Toward Wind Power: Context, Proximity, and Visual Impact.” International
Symposium on Society & Resource Management. Charleston, SC.
Krannich, R.S., P.G. Robertson, and S.K. Olson-Hazboun. 2015. “Local Residents’ Responses
to Utility-Scale Wind Power Developments: A Five-Community Comparison.” Rural
Sociological Society. Madison, WI.
Olson, S.K., R.S. Krannich, and P.G. Robertson. 2015. “Religion & Environment: Perspectives
on Environment, Climate, and Renewable Energy in the Mormon Culture Region.” Pacific
Sociological Association. Long Beach, CA.
Olson, S.K. and D. Jackson-Smith. 2014. “Exploring the Impacts of Recent Energy ‘Booms’ on
Community Well-being in the Intermountain West.” Graduate Research Symposium, Utah
State University. Logan, UT.
Olson, S.K. 2014. “’Last Bastion of the American Dream’? Exploring the Impacts of Recent
Energy ‘Booms’ on Community Well-being in the Intermountain West.” Western Social
Sciences Association conference. Albuquerque, NM.
Olson, S.K. 2013. “Green Energy in a Red State: Cultural Roadblocks and Passageways to
Renewable Energy Development in the American West.” Annual Meeting of the American
Association of Geographers. Los Angeles, CA.
Olson, S.K. 2012. “Beyond ‘NIMBY:’ Considering ‘Wise Use’ Values in Place-protective
Politics of Wind Energy Development in the Rural West.” Dimensions of Political Ecology
Conference, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.
Olson, S.K. and Max Boykoff. 2012. “Wise Contrarians: ‘Wise Use movement’ roots and
Contemporary Climate Contrarian Shoots.” Association for Environmental Studies and
Sciences Annual Meeting, Santa Clara, CA.
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
Olson, S.K. 2014. “Wise Contrarians in Climate Science, Politics, and Policy: Exploring the
Rhetoric and Strategies of Climate Change Denial.” Manufacturing Denial and the Assault
on Scholarship and Truth. Clark University. Worchester, MA.
Olson, S.K. 2013. “Power Politics: The Political Ecology of wind energy opposition in
Wyoming.” Noontime Series, Center for Science & Tech. Policy Studies, U. of Colorado.
UNIVERSITY, PROFESSIONAL, & COMMUNITY SERVICE
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Peer Reviewer: International Environmental Agreements and Wiley Interdisciplinary
Reviews (WIRES): Climate Change and Journal of Social & Political Psychology
President, Sociology Graduate Student Association, Utah State University Sociology
Program. 2014 – present.
Sub-committee Chair, Professional Development, Student Affairs Committee,
International Association for Society and Natural Resources. 2013 – present.
Fundraising Co-Vice President, Sociology Graduate Student Association, Utah State
University Sociology Program. 2013 – 2014.
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Founding Member, Int’l Collective on Environment, Culture, & Politics (ICECaPs),
University of Colorado. 2012-2013.
Co-Director, Forum on Science, Ethics, & Policy, University of Colorado. 2013 – 2014.
Student Representative, Environmental Studies Program, United Gov. of Graduate
Students. University of Colorado. 2011 – 2012.
Board Member, Washington Wilderness Coalition (Seattle). May 2008 – Nov. 2009.
Steering Committee Member, Nooksack Wild & Scenic River Protection Group
(Bellingham, WA). March 2008 – Nov. 2009.
CURRENT PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
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American Sociological Association
International Association for Society and National Resources
Pacific Sociological Association
CERTIFICATIONS & AWARDS
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Presidential Doctoral Research Fellowship. 2013-2017.
Research Scholars Certificate, Utah State University. 2014
Teaching Certificate, Utah State University. 2013.
Editing and Writing Certificate, University of Washington Extension. 2007.
Honors Program, Colorado State University. 1999-2001.
TRAVEL AWARDS
 Graduate Travel Award, International Symposium on Society & Natural Resource
Management. June 2015. $235.
 Travel Award, Sociology Program, Utah State University. Spring 2015. $500.
 Travel Award, Office of Research and Graduate Studies, Utah State University. April
2015. $500.
 Travel Award, Sociology Program, Utah State University. April 2014. $400.
 Travel Award, United Government of Graduate Students, University of Colorado Boulder. Spring 2013. $300.
 Graduate Student Travel Fellowship, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental
Sciences, University of Colorado – Boulder. January 2012. $500
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