Mark Olson
Assistant Professor of the Practice of Art, Art History & Visual Studies
Education
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2009
Overview
Mark Olson is Assistant Professor of the Practice of Visual & Media Studies at Duke University. He teaches courses on media (new & old - theory, practice, & history) and medicine & visual culture. As a extension of his past work with the MacArthur Foundation's Digital Media & Learning Initiative, he collaborates on the development of a new interdisciplinary project that connects the study of the material culture of art history, architecture and archaeology with new media modes of representation and visualization. Olson is the former Director of New Media & Information Technologies for HASTAC (Humanties, Arts, Sciences & Technology Advanced Collaboratory) and the John Hope Franklin Center for Interdisciplinary & International Studies.
Preferred pronouns: he, him, his
Expertise
Media; medicine & visual culture; material culture of art history, architecture & archaeology with new modes of representation & visualizationContact Information
114 South Buchanan Blvd, A262a Smith Warehouse, Bay 10, Durham, NC 27708
Box 90766, Durham, NC 27708-0766
Office hours:
(919) 613-6726