Allen Olson and his younger son.
Photo taken in 2005 by his elder son.

Allen Olson

Office: Seminar 2 D4107
Phone: 360-867-5485
Email: olsona (at evergreen.edu)

As a member of the Evening and Weekend faculty at The Evergreen State College, I generally teach in half-time programs. My primary areas of interest are computer-supported collaboration, computer studies, education (especially science and math education), physics, history and philosophy of science, and mathematical methods for physical sciences. It is difficult to convince me to take contracts, but I am very interested in attempting to start up some undergraduate research projects in computer-supported collaboration, the learning sciences, and math and science education at the middle school, high school, and undergraduate levels.

Future Programs:

I will not be teaching for the next few years as I take on the role of Dean of Evening and Weekend Studies.

Past Programs:

spring 2007: True, but not Obvious with Allen Mauney
fall 2006 - winter 2007: How People Learn alone
spring 2006: 1905 with Susan Preciso and Paradoxical Physics
winter 2006: Seeing Through Statistics with Bracey Dangerfield in Cycle Makers and Cycle Breakers at the Tacoma campus
fall 2005: Representing Reality with Duke Kuehn in Cycle Makers and Cycle Breakers at the Tacoma campus
spring 2005: True, but not Obvious with Allen Mauney
fall 2004 - winter 2005: Community Information Systems with Doug Schuler
spring 2004: Education, Values, and Society with Helena Meyer-Knapp
winter 2004: Physics, Visual Perception, and Flash with Arlen Speights
fall 2003: Doing Science with Kevin Hogan

I love to look for everyday physics phenomena. Here's a picture with some great everyday optics.