Brad Olson, PhD
Title:
Associate Professor, Psychology
Co-Director Community Psychology PhD Program
Advanced Theoretical Foundations of Community Psychology, Community Organizing, Community Development: Policy and Planning, Social Psychology, Advanced Statistics for Community Psychology, Fieldwork
Areas of Expertise:
The psychology of human and civil rights (e.g., torture), urban policy, and mixed quantitative and qualitative methodologies, participatory action research, and philosophy of science
Biography:
Brad Olson is a community psychologist focused on a wide variety of human and civil rights issues, advocacy and activism, participatory action research, and mixed quantitative and qualitative methodologies, ethics, and philosophy of science. He is President of Psychologists for Social Responsibility www.psysr.org, co-founder of The Coalition for an Ethical Psychology www.ethicalpsychology.org/ and will be President-Elect of the Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence http://www.peacepsych.org/ and is a past chair of Divisions for Social Justice (DSJ) a collaboration of 12 APA divisions.
Education:
Faculty Fellowship, Northwestern University PhD, University of Iowa B.A. DePaul University
Research and Interests:
The psychology of human and civil rights (e.g., torture), urban policy, and mixed quantitative and qualitative methodologies, participatory action research, and philosophy of science
Contact Information:
Brad Olson, PhD
