work_institution birth_place nationality image_size field residence article_title alma_mater
university of wisconsin -- milwaukee watertown , south dakota american 150px information science milwaukee , wisconsin hope a. olson
 gustavus of wisconsin , madison adolphus college , university of toronto , university
hope a. olson

hope a. olson is associate dean and professor at the school of information studies at the university of wisconsin -- milwaukee .
she was previously a professor at the university of alberta .
from 2000 to 2004 olson was the editor-in-chief for knowledge organization and she currently serves on its editorial board .
she also serves on the editorial board of the journal of library metadata .
olson has authored or co-authored over thirty peer-reviewed articles and book chapters , and has published three books : `` subject analysis in online catalogs '' , 2nd ed. , co-authored by john j. boll -lrb- libraries unlimited , 2001 -rrb- ; `` information sources in women 's studies and feminism '' , editor -lrb- kg saur , 2002 -rrb- ; and `` the power to name : locating the limits of subject representation in libraries '' -lrb- kluwer academic , 2002 -rrb- .
she received a b.a. from gustavus adolphus college , an m.l.s. from the university of toronto , and a ph.d. -lrb- 1996 -rrb- from the university of wisconsin -- madison .
olson 's research focuses on critical analysis of subject representations and classification systems .
using feminist , poststructural , and postcolonial perspectives , she examines the biases inherent in hierarchical organizational structures .
