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Ava Guihama Olson

PhD Student / GE
English, Environmental Studies
avaolson@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Tuesday 2-3PM by appointment
Research Interests: Land Back, critical whiteness studies, public lands/recreation, masculinity, eschatology, American environmental history/historiography, animal studies (carnivores), public memory, science communication

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

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