Interview with Paul Olson

Paul Olson is Professor Emeritus at University of Nebraska and was one of the American delegates at the Dartmouth Seminar in 1966. He is a medievalist by training and his work with Project English preceded his attendance at the Seminar. After the Seminar he was engaged in collaborative initiatives that reformed English teaching in Nebraska and across the US. His work with Native and rural communities in Nebraska was a central part of his teaching and administrative career. He lives in Lincoln, Nebraska. We spoke in the summer of 2020 over Zoom, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic and widespread protests over racial injustice; we refer to these events during the interview. At the time of our interview, he was the last surviving American delegate for the Seminar.

—Annette Vee, May 2021