Joel Olson (4 November 1967 – 29 March 2012) was an associate professor of political theory at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff and a social justice activist.
Biography
Olson graduated in 2001 with a PhD in political theory from the University of Minnesota. Inspired by the work of abolitionists and African-American Sociologist W.E.B. Du Bois, his dissertation examined the interconnection between race and democracy. From his dissertation, he published his book The Abolition of White De...