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Shawn K. Olson-Hazboun
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)
Utah State University – Logan, UT
Dissertation: Hampering a Climate for Change? Public Views on Renewable Energy and
Climate Change in the Intermountain West
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 INTERESTS
Environmental sociology, sociology of energy & climate, political sociology, 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). “Renewable Energy as a
Distinct Dimension Of Public Views on Energy and Environment.” Energy Research and
Social Sciences 21: 167-179.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
MANUSCRIPTS UNDER DEVELOPMENT
Olson-Hazboun, S.K. and Mayer, A. “Effects of Unconventional Oil and Gas Production on
Community Well-being: 2000-2011.” Target journal: Journal of Rural Studies
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
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
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.
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. Fall 2012. “Power Politics: The Political Ecology of Wind Farm
Opposition in Wyoming.” $3700.
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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
ENVIRONMENTAL FIELD COURSES TAUGHT (Co-Instructor)
 Mining the Four Corners (8-semester credits). University of Colorado – Boulder. May
2013.
 Wild Rockies Summer Semester (15 semester-credits). Wild Rockies Field Institute,
University of Montana. Summers 2012 & 2013
o Topics: environmental geography of the Northern Rockies, community-based
conservation, and traditional ecological knowledge
 Alaska Wrangell Mountains Field Semester (12 semester-credits). Wildlands Studies
Program, California State University. Summers 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 & Racism.” 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.
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.
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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. 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 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.
RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIPS
“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.
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“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.
“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.
SERVICE
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DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE
 President, Sociology Graduate Student Association, Utah State University Sociology
Program. 2014 – present
 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 SERVICE
 Student Representative, 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 – present
 Manuscript Reviewer
o International Environmental Agreements and Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews
(WIRES): Climate Change
o Journal of Social & Political Psychology
OTHER SERVICE & LEADERSHIP
 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
o Section on Teaching and Learning
Rural Sociological Society
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