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Paul Olson

Associate Professor of Sociology and Chair, Division of Social & Behavioral Sciences

Sociology and Criminal Justice Department

Heelan 302
712-279-1756
Paul.Olson@briarcliff.edu

Started at Briar Cliff:

2005

Education

  • Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  • M.A., University of Kansas
  • B.A., University of Northern Iowa

About

My research has been published in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Innovative Higher Education, Journal of Religion and Society, and the Journal of Popular Culture. I am currently the book review editor of Review of Religious Research. My wife, Teresa, and daughters, Phoebe, Siddha, and Daphne, like to keep an eye out for sasquatches around Stone State Park and Adams Nature Preserve for the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization in our free time.

Classes Taught:

SOCY 124 — Principles of Sociology
SOCY 235 — Sociology of Marriages and Families
SOCY 240 — Racial, Ethnic and Gender Inequality
SOCY 341 — Statistical Analysis
SOCY 430 — Sociology of Religion
SOCY 439 — Sociological Theory

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