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Gary A. Olson (born December 12, 1954) is a scholar of rhetoric and culture, a literary biographer, and President of Daemen College. He has served as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Idaho State University, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Illinois State University, and chief academic officer at the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg. Olson writes a monthly column on higher education administration for the Chronicle of Higher Education.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://chronicle.com/section/Advice/66/ )〕 He has written or edited 22 books and almost 100 essays and articles on subjects including the role of theory in rhetorical scholarship, the connections between ideology and discourse, and the contributions of Stanley Fish to literary and rhetorical studies. ==Career== Olson obtained his PhD from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1980. His early research at the University of Alabama and the University of North Carolina-Wilmington focused on rhetoric and writing studies. In 1985, Olson moved to the University of South Florida and became editor of the scholarly journal JAC, moving from writing studies toward the intersections between rhetoric, ideology, culture, and literary theory. While at the University of South Florida, Olson became a full professor.〔(【引用サイトリンク】first=Gary )〕 In 1991, Olson began conducting scholarly interviews of internationally prominent intellectuals including anthropologist Clifford Geertz, linguist Noam Chomsky, deconstructionist Jacques Derrida, postmodern theorist Jean-François Lyotard, philosopher of science Sandra Harding, theorist and cultural critic Donna Haraway, political philosopher Ernesto Laclau, and feminist theorist bell hooks. These interviews were published in JAC and in a series of books.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.siupress.com/catalog/CategoryInfo.aspx?cid=152 )〕 In 1994, the Council of Editors of Learned Journals presented Olson with an International Award for Distinguished Editor for his decade of work editing JAC.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.celj.org/distinguished_editor )〕 In 2002, the Association for Teachers of Advanced Composition established an annual book award in Olson’s name: The Gary A. Olson Award for the most outstanding book on rhetorical and cultural theory.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.jaconlinejournal.com/awards.html )〕 Also in 2002, Olson became Interim Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg (chief academic officer). In 2004, he became the Dean of Arts and Sciences at Illinois State University, where he was also Professor of English and affiliate faculty in the Women's Studies department. In 2009, Olson became the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Idaho State University where he oversaw the creation of the institution's Division of Health Sciences, its College of Science and Engineering, and its College of Arts and Letters.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.idahostatejournal.com/news/local/article_0b9c009e-a0d8-11df-8881-001cc4c03286.html?mode=image&photo=0 )〕 In 2009, Idaho State University President Arthur Vailas directed Olson to form three task forces to consider potential consolidation of units within Academic Affairs. After revising the plan in response to faculty input, Olson submitted the plan to the President. The faculty subsequently voted no-confidence in him.〔Ranaivo, Yann (2010-04-10). ("ISU faculty no-confidence vote goes against Provost Gary Olson" ), ''Idaho State Journal''. Retrieved 2011-09-02.〕 Olson stepped down as provost a year later, in 2011, in order to write the authorized biography of Stanley Fish. In 2012, it was announced that Olson would become president of Daemen College in Amherst, New York. Also that year, the Idaho Humanities Council awarded him a grant to help him complete the authorized biography of Stanley Fish, and Indiana University of Pennsylvania awarded him its highest honor: The Distinguished Alumni Award.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.iup.edu/upper.aspx?id=129040 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.thepenn.org/2010-11-news/2.17746/iup-honors-11-graduates-with-distinguished-alumni-award-1.2863056#.UIWbirR9nww )〕 He was also inducted into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the "oldest and largest collegiate honor society dedicated to the recognition and promotion of academic excellence in all disciplines."〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.iup.edu/newsItem.aspx?id=127375&blogid=4855 )〕 Also in 2012, the Southeastern Writing Center Association announced an annual faculty award in Olson’s name: The Gary A. Olson Scholarship. Olson founded the organization in 1980. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gary A. Olson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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