Alix Olson

Alix Olson is an Associate Professor at Emory University's Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, co-director of Emory's Studies in Sexualities program, and faculty advisor for ReVision Intersectional Feminists at Oxford College. Her work bridges feminist theory, queer politics, and critical resistance studies.

• PhD in Political Science (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2018)
• Graduate Certificate in Advanced Feminist Studies (UMass, 2013)
• BA from Wesleyan University (1998)

Dr. Olson's research examines:

• Contemporary social and political thought under neoliberalism
• Feminist, queer, and anti-racist resistance frameworks
• Utopian imaginaries in social movements
• Artistic interventions in political theory
• Resilience as a contested governance concept

Her recent publications explore resistance genealogies, resilience critiques, and intersectional utopianism, with interdisciplinary methodologies spanning political theory, feminist epistemology, and cultural analysis. Current projects include a Columbia University Press monograph on resilience governance and a Bloomsbury film-politics-poetry hybrid work on Mad Max: Fury Road.

• Christian Bay Award (2020)
• Emory's Women of Excellence Teaching Award (2022)
• CFDE Teaching Fellowships
• University Research Committee Grant (2023-2024)

Dr. Olson has lectured at over 300 institutions and co-edited the spoken word anthology Word Warriors. She previously worked as an international spoken word artist, receiving the OutMusic Artist of the Year award.