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Dr. Richard K. Olson
Director of Sustainable and Environmental
Studies (SENS)
Goldthwaite,
Room 305A
CPO 1921
Phone: 859-985-3593
Fax: 859-985-3698
E-Mail:
At Berea College since Fall
1999
| Degrees |
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B.A., Dartmouth
College, 1973
M.A., University
of North Carolina, 1975
Ph.D.,
University of Nebraska, 1998
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| Courses |
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Introduction to Sustainability and Environmental StudiesSustainable Appalachian CommunitiesEcologyEcological DesignEnvironmental JusticeChristianity and sustainabilityGlobalization and sustainability
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| Special Interests |
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Ecological
design
Ecological machines
Agroecology and landscape ecology
Sustainable communities
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| Papers and Publications |
Carter,
H., C. Francis and R. Olson. (in press) Design and Implementation
of Regional Training Workshops for Sustainable Agriculture.
Chapter 8 in C. Francis, R. Poincelot, and G. Bird (eds),
A New Social Contract. Haworth Press, Binghamton, NY.
Olson,
R. 2004. Balancing our ecological budget: Equity and the
sustainable campus. Heartstone 5(1): 47-52.
Cain,
C., and R. Olson. 2003. Spiritual greening: Melding Christianity,
ecology, and sustainability in the college curriculum.
Proceedings of the Greening the Campus V Conference, Ball
State University, Muncie, IN, September 18-20, 2003. CD-ROM
version.
Oldham,
C., and R. Olson. 2003. Paying for the green dream: Fund-raising
lessons from
Berea College’s Ecovillage. Proceedings of the Greening
the Campus V Conference, Ball State University, Muncie, IN,
September 18-20, 2003. CD-ROM version.
Olson,
R. 2003. Designing the Berea College Ecovillage: Process
and results. Proceedings of the Greening the Campus V Conference,
Ball State University, Muncie, IN, September 18-20, 2003.
CD-ROM version.
Olson,
R.K., M.M. Schoeneberger, and S.G. Aschmann. 2000. An ecological
foundation for temperate agroforestry. pp. 31-61. In: H.E.
Garrett, W.J. Rietveld, and R.F. Fisher (eds). North American
Agroforestry: An Integrated Science and Practice. American
Society of Agronomy, Madison, WI.
Neher,
D.A., and R.K. Olson. 1999. Nematode communities in soils
of four farm cropping management systems. Pedobiologia
43:430-438.
Olson
RK, Olson AH (1999) Farmland loss in America. pp. 15-51.
In RK Olson, TA Lyson (eds) Under the Blade: The Conversion
of Agricultural Landscapes. Westview Press, Boulder, CO.
Olson
RK (1999) A Landscape Perspective on Farmland Conversion.
pp. 53-95. In RK Olson, TA Lyson (eds) Under the Blade:
The Conversion of Agricultural Landscapes. Westview Press,
Boulder, CO.
Olson
RK, Olson AH, Lyson TA (1999) A National Policy for Farmland
Preservation. pp. 247-268. In RK Olson, TA Lyson (eds)
Under the Blade: The Conversion of Agricultural Landscapes.
Westview Press, Boulder, CO.
Olson,
RK (1998) Procedures for Evaluating Alternative Farming
Systems: A Case Study for Eastern Nebraska. Extension and
Education Materials for Sustainable Agriculture. Volume
8. Center for Sustainable Agricultural Systems, University
of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 310 pp, (Ph.D. Dissertation).
Olson
RK (1995) Diversity in agricultural landscapes. pp. 121-160.
In RK Olson, CA Francis, S Kaffka (eds) Exploring the Role
of Diversity in Sustainable Agriculture. American Society
of Agronomy, Madison, WI.
Olson
RK, Francis CA (1995) A hierarchical framework for evaluating
diversity in agroecosystems. pp. 5-34. In RK Olson, CA
Francis, S Kaffka (eds) Exploring the Role of Diversity
in Sustainable Agriculture. American Society of Agronomy,
Madison, WI.
Francis
CA, Olson RK (1995) Diversity from micro to global: Overview
and conclusions. pp. 225-244. In RK Olson, CA Francis,
S Kaffka (eds) Exploring the Role of Diversity in Sustainable
Agriculture. American Society of Agronomy, Madison, WI.
Olson
RK (1992) Integrating sustainable agriculture, ecology,
and environmental policy. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture
2(3): 1-7
Olson
RK (1992) The future context of sustainable agriculture:
Planning for uncertainty. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture
2(3): 9-20
Olson
RK (1992) Evaluating the role of created and natural wetlands
in controlling nonpoint source pollution. Ecological Engineering
1(1/2):xi-xv
Ethridge
B, Olson RK (1992) Research and information needs related
to nonpoint source pollution and wetlands in the watershed:
An EPA perspective. Ecological Engineering 1(1/2):149-156
Olson
RK (1992) Chapter 1 - Physiography and forest types. pp.
7-40. In RK Olson, D Binkley, M Böhm (eds) The Response
of Western Forests to Air Pollution. Springer-Verlag, New
York.
Rose
MR, Böhm M, Olson RK (1992) Chapter 2 - Climate. pp.
41-61. In RK Olson, D Binkley, M Böhm (eds) The Response
of Western Forests to Air Pollution. Springer-Verlag, New
York.
Olson
RK, Peterson DL, Böhm M (1992) Chapter 13 - Summary,
projections, and recommendations. pp. 501-521. In RK Olson,
D Binkley, M Böhm (eds) The Response of Western Forests
to Air Pollution. Springer-Verlag, New York.
Olson
RK (1991) Conference on ecology, sustainable agriculture,
and EPA. American Journal of Alternative Agriculture 6(2):96,
104
Coppinger
KD, Reiners WA, Burke IC, Olson RK (1991) Net erosion on
a sagebrush steppe landscape as determined by Cesium-137
distribution. Soil Science Society of America Journal 55:254-258
Burke
IC, Reiners WA, Olson RK (1989) Topographic control of
vegetation in a mountain big sagebrush steppe. Vegetatio
84:77-86
Lovett
GM, Reiners WA, Olson RK (1989) Factors controlling throughfall
chemistry in a balsam fir canopy: A modeling approach.
Biogeochemistry 8:239-264
Henderson
S, Olson RK, Noss RF (1989) Current and potential threats
to biodiversity in forests of the lower Pacific Coastal
States. pp. 325-336. In RK Olson, AS Lefohn (eds) Transactions:
Symposium on the Effects of Air Pollution on Western Forests,
June 29-30, Anaheim, CA. Air & Waste Management Association,
Pittsburgh, PA.
Schaefer
DA, Reiners WA, Olson RK (l988) Factors controlling the
chemical alteration of throughfall in a subalpine balsam
fir canopy. Environmental and Experimental Botany 28:175-189
Reiners
WA, Lovett GM, Olson RK (l987) Chemical interactions of
a forest canopy with the atmosphere. In: Moses H, Mohnen
VA, Reifsnyder WE, Slade DH (eds) Proceedings of the Forest-Atmosphere
Interaction Workshop, Lake Placid, NY, October 1-4, l985.
US Department of Energy, Office of Energy Research, CONF
85-10250, UC-5, 11, Washington, DC, pp 111-146
Reiners
WA, Olson RK, Howard L, Schaefer DA (l986) Ion migration
from interiors to outer surfaces of balsam fir needles
during dry, interstorm periods. Environmental and Experimental
Botany 26:227-231
Olson
RK, Reiners WA, Lovett GM (l985) Trajectory analysis of
forest canopy effects on chemical flux in throughfall.
Biogeochemistry 1:361-373
Reiners
WA, Olson RK (l984) Effects of canopy components on throughfall
chemistry: An experimental analysis. Oecologia 63:320-330
Baldwin
IT, Olson RK, Reiners WA (l983) Protein binding phenolics
and the inhibition of nitrification in subalpine balsam
fir soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 15:419-423
Olson
RK, Reiners WA (l983) Nitrification in subalpine balsam
fir soils: Tests for inhibitory factors. Soil Biology and
Biochemistry 15:413-418
Lovett
GM, Reiners WA, Olson RK (l982) Cloud droplet deposition
in subalpine balsam fir forests: Hydrologic and chemical
inputs. Science 218:1303-1304
Olson
RK, Reiners WA, Cronan CS, Lang GE (l981) The chemistry
and flux of throughfall and stemflow in subalpine balsam
fir forests. Holarctic Ecology 4:291-300
Blank JL, Olson RK, Vitousek PM (l980) Nutrient uptake
by a diverse spring ephemeral community. Oecologia 47(1):96-98
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