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Shawn K. Olson-Hazboun
(formerly Shawn Olson)
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: May 2017)
Presidential Doctoral Research Fellow
Utah State University – Logan, UT
Dissertation: Hampering a Climate for Change? Community, Regional, and National Level
Variation in Public Views on Renewable Energy and Climate Change
Master of Science, Environmental Studies (2013)
University of Colorado – Boulder, CO
Thesis: Power Politics: The Political Ecology of Wind Farm Opposition in Wyoming
Bachelor of Arts – Environmental Studies & Social Movements (2003)
The Evergreen State College – Olympia, WA
RESEARCH & TEACHING INTERESTS
Environmental sociology, political sociology, sociological theory, methods, social movements
PUBLICATIONS
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REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES
Olson-Hazboun, S.K., R.S. Krannich, and P.G. Robertson. (2016) “Religion and Environment:
Perspectives on Environment, Climate, and Renewable Energy in the Mormon Culture
Region.” Society & Natural Resources, Online First, June 24.
Olson-Hazboun, S.K., R.S. Krannich, and P.G. Robertson. (2016). “Public Views on Renewable
Energy in the Rocky Mountain Region of the United States: Distinct Attitudes, Exposure,
and Other Key Predictors of Wind Energy.” Energy Research and Social Sciences 21: 167179.
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.
REFEREED CHAPTERS
Olson-Hazboun, S.K. and Peter Howe. “Public Opinion on Climate Change in the United States:
Trends, Factors, and Implications for Rural America.” Forthcoming in Albrecht, D. (ed)
Approaches to Address Climate Change at the Local Level. New York: Routledge.
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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.
ARTICLES UNDER REVIEW
Malin, S.A., A. Mayer, K. Shreeve, and S.K. Olson-Hazboun. “Free Market Ideology and Public
Views of Federal Regulation of Unconventional Oil and Gas Production.” Under Review:
Environmental Politics.
MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION
Olson-Hazboun, S.K. and P. Howe. “Public Views of Renewable Energy Policy in the United
States: Using Multi-level Modeling to Measure the Influence of County Oil and Gas
Production.” Target journal: Energy Policy
Olson-Hazboun, S.K. and D. Bugden. “Symbolic Landscapes and Renewable Energy: Locating
Power and Justice Within the Construction of Place Meanings.” Target journal: Society and
Natural Resources
Mayer, A., S.K. Olson-Hazboun, and S.A. Malin. “Effects of Unconventional Oil and Gas
Production on Community Well-being: 2000-2011.” Target journal: Journal of Rural
Studies
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. Target journal:
Energy Research and Social Science
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. Target
journal: Rural Sociological
TEACHING EXPERIENCE __________________________________
TEACHING AWARDS
Graduate Instructor of the Year, Department of Sociology, Social Work, and Anthropology, Utah
State University. 2016.
SOCIOLOGY COURSES TAUGHT (Instructor of Record)
 SOC 1010: Introduction to Sociology, Utah State University. Summer 2016
 SOC 4010: Contemporary Sociological Theory, Utah State University. Spring 2016
 SOC 1020: Social Problems, Utah State University. Spring 2015
OTHER COURSES TAUGHT (Instructor of Record)
 WRTG 1150: Freshman Writing & Rhetoric, University of Colorado. 2011-2013 (2
sections each semester)
 Mining the Four Corners (8-semester credits). University of Colorado – Boulder. 2013.
 Wild Rockies Summer Semester (15 semester-credits). Wild Rockies Field Institute,
University of Montana. 2012 & 2013
o Topics: environmental geography of the Northern Rockies, community-based
conservation, and traditional ecological knowledge
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Alaska Wrangell Mountains Field Semester (12 semester-credits). Wildlands Studies
Program, California State University. 2010 & 2011
o Topics: natural resource policy, park management, alpine ecology
SELECT GUEST LECTURES
 SOC 1020 (Soc. Problems): “Environmental Problems are Social Problems.” USU, 2016.
 SOC 3010 (Soc. Inequality): “Environmental Justice.” USU, 2016.
 SOC 3300 (Env. & Society): “Renewable Energy & the Energy-Climate Nexus.” Weber
State University, 2015.
 SOC 3610 (Rural Soc.): “Energy Development & Rural Communities.” USU, 2014
 SOC 4620 (Natural Resource Soc.): “Natural Resource Dependency.” USU, 2014.
 ENVS 4800 (Env. Justice): “Environmental Skepticism.” UC Boulder, 2013.
GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS
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Presidential Doctoral Research Fellowship, Utah State University: 2013-2017.
$20,000/year plus tuition waiver.
Dissertation Enhancement Grant, Office of Research and Graduate Studies at Utah State
University. 2016. “Discourses at the Energy-Climate Nexus.” $9400.
The Center to Advance Research & Teaching in the Social Sciences. Olson, S.K. and
Max T. Boykoff. 2012. “Power Politics: The Political Ecology of Wind Farm Opposition
in Wyoming.” $3700.
NON-ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS
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Olson-Hazboun. 2016. “Using an Open-Source Textbook in an Introductory Sociology Class.”
Teaching/Learning Matters: ASA’s Newsletter for the Section on Teaching & Learning in
Sociology 45(2): 11-13.
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, 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.
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PRESENTATIONS
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INVITED TALKS
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 and Technology Policy Studies, University
of Colorado.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Olson-Hazboun, S.K. and D. Bugden. 2016. “Locating Power and Justice Within Place-based
Land Use Conflict: Implications for Renewable Energy.” American Sociological Association
Annual Meeting. Seattle, WA.
Malin, S.A., A. Mayer, K. Shreeve, and S.K. Olson-Hazboun. “Free Market Ideology and Public
Views of Federal Regulation of Unconventional Oil and Gas Production.” American
Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Seattle, WA.
Olson-Hazboun, S.K. and P. Howe. 2016. “Public Views on Renewable Energy and Climate
Change in the US: The Influence of Local Fossil Fuel Activity.” International Symposium on
Society & Resource Management. Houghton, MI.
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. 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.” Society for Applied Anthropology
Annual Meeting. Denver, CO.
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 M.T. Boykoff. 2012. “Wise Contrarians: ‘Wise Use Movement’ Roots and
Contemporary Climate Contrarian Shoots.” Association for Environmental Studies and
Sciences Annual Meeting, Santa Clara, CA.
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RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIPS
“Climate Perspectives for Utah: Attitudes of Conservative Utahns on Energy and Environment.”
Principle investigator: Dr. Layne Coppock. Utah Agricultural Experiment Station Project
#UTA01210. Utah State University. January 2016-present.
“Deconstructing the Multidimensionality of Public Perspectives on the Environment and Natural
Resources.” Principal Investigator: Dr. Rick Krannich. Utah Agricultural Experiment Station
Project #UTA01219. Utah State University. July 2015 - present.
“Public Response to Alternative Energy Systems in the Intermountain West.” Principal
Investigator: Dr. Rick Krannich. Utah Agricultural Experiment Station Project #UTA00839.
Utah State University. August 2013 - June 2015.
SERVICE
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DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE
 President, Sociology Graduate Student Association, Utah State University Sociology
Program. 2014 – 2016
 Fundraising Co-Vice President, Sociology Graduate Student Association, Utah State
University Sociology Program. 2013 – 2014.
 Student Representative, Environmental Studies Program, United Gov. of Graduate
Students. University of Colorado. 2011 – 2012.
PROFESSIONAL & COMMUNITY SERVICE
 Elected Student Representative to Council, International Association for Society and
Natural Resources. 2016-2017
 Sub-committee Chair, Professional Development, Student Affairs Committee,
International Association for Society and Natural Resources. 2013 – 2015
 Manuscript Reviewer: International Environmental Agreements and Wiley
Interdisciplinary Reviews (WIRES): Climate Change, Journal of Social & Political
Psychology
 Co-Director, Forum on Science, Ethics, & Policy, University of Colorado. 2013-2014
 Founding Member, Int’l Collective on Environment, Culture, & Politics (ICECaPs),
University of Colorado. 2012-2013
 Board Member, Washington Wilderness Coalition. Seattle, WA. 2008-2009
 Steering Committee Member, Nooksack Wild & Scenic River Protection Group.
Bellingham, WA. 2008-2009
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
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International Association for Society and National Resources
American Sociological Association
o Environment and Technology Section, Section on Teaching and Learning
Rural Sociological Society
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