Daron W. Olson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of European and World History
Tom Raper Hall 254
(765) 973-8475
darolson@iue.edu
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
Modern Norway, Nationalism and Identity, Transnationalism and Migration
Selected Publications
- 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. “His Mother’s Song: Norwegian-American Male Visitors to Norway during the 1914 Eidsvoll Centennial” Norwegian-American Essays 2017 (Oslo, Norway: Novus Press, 2017): 133-157.
- Carroll, Justin, Nemcik, Christine, and Olson, Daron W. “Teaching History Online: Old Struggles, New Pathways” in Ross C. Alexander, ed. Best Practices in Online Teaching and Learning across Academic Disciplines (Fairfield, VA: George Mason University Press, 2017): 121-136.
- Olson, Daron W. “On Both Sides of the Atlantic: Transnational Celebrations of Norwegian Identity, 1925-1939” Norwegian-American Essays 2014 (Oslo, Norway: 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.
Selected Academic Awards
- Indiana University East Award for Excellence in Research, 2013.
Selected Presentations
- Olson, Daron W. “Norwegian America Imagined in Transnational Spaces: New Perspectives in Norwegian Migration History” Invited Panel Paper Presented at the 2019 Den norske historiske forening (HIFO) konferanse (National Historians of Norway Annual Conference), Tønsberg, Norway.
- Olson, Daron W. “Transnational Connections between Norway and the U.S.A.” Keynote lecture presented at the 2014 Norwegian-American Historical Association-Norway (NAHA-Norge) “Freedom and Migration in a Norwegian-American Context” Seminar, Fagernes, Norway.