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Daron Olson
Dr. Daron Olson obtained an M.A. in History from the University of North Dakota and graduated with his Ph.D. in Historical Studies from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He is currently the associate professor of European and world history at Indiana University East, teaching courses on Scandinavia, The Viking Age, Modern Britain, European Nationalism, World War II, and world history surveys.
Education
Education
- Ph.D., Historical Studies, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 2006
- M.A., History, University of North Dakota, 1993
- B.A., History, Minnesota State University Moorhead, 1986
Current Research interests/Theoretical focus
- Modern Norway and Norwegian emigration to the United States.
- Transnationalism, nationalism, and identity.
Selected Awards
- Indiana University East Award for Excellence in Research, 2013.
- Olson, Daron W. Vikings across the Atlantic: Emigration and the Building of a Greater Norway, 1860-1945. Minneapolis and London: University of Minnesota Press, 2013.
- Olson, Daron W. "On Both Sides of the Atlantic: Transnational Celebrations of Norwegian Identity, 1925-1939." Norwegian-American Essays 2014. Oslo: Novus Press, 2014: 99-122.
- Olson, Daron W. "We Are All Scandinavians: Norwegian-American Press Reaction to the 1938 Swedish Tercentenary." Swedish-American Historical Quarterly Vol. 65, No. 1 (January 2014): 3-30.
- Olson, Daron W. "Norwegian-American Historians and the Creation of an Ethnic Identity." Scandinavian Studies Vol. 79, No. 1 (Spring 2007): 41-56.
Sources
http://www.iue.edu/people/index.php?q=daron
