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Ava Guihama Olson

PhD Student / GE
English, Environmental Studies
avaolson@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Tuesday & Thursday 10-11:30
Research Interests: Land Back, Indigenous critical theory, critical whiteness studies, public lands/recreation, masculinity, eschatology, public history, digital environmental humanities, multispecies justice

Biography

Ava Guihama Olson is a settler scholar with a B.A. in American Studies from the University of California, Berkeley. They study the relationship between white supremacy and outdoor recreation. 

Honors and Awards

2025 Environmental Studies Summer Research Fellowship
2024 Krohn Fellow for Environmental Humanities
2023 Departmental Citation Winner, UC Berkeley
2022 Adam Z. Rice Fellow for American Studies
2017 California Governor's Medallion for Creative Writing