Anna Olsson Assistant Vice Provost of the Center for Teaching, Research & Learning Deputy Provost and Dean of Faculty

Degrees: MA, Political Science, American University

BA/MSc, Political Science, University of Gothenburg
Languages Spoken: Swedish, German, Japanese
Bio: Anna has been in the role of leading the Center for Faculty Excellence since 2023, and has worked at the Center (and its predecessors) since 2009. She also holds a term faculty position in SPA's Department of Government, where she teaches Comparative Politics.

Before coming to AU, Anna worked at the Berlin office of the study abroad organization IES (Institute for the International Education of Students), spent two years studying in Germany, and spent a year in Japan as a high school exchange student.

Anna received a master's degree in Political Science at AU, and is a faculty member in the Department of Government, where she teaches Comparative Politics. Her research interests include European politics, democracy and democratization, identity politics, and regionalism in the European Union.

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