1991 PhD University of Minnesota Minneapolis
1979 MS University of Minnesota Minneapolis - Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
1976 AD Rochester Community College - Nursing with Honors
1974 University of Colorado - Graduate level courses in Psychology
1973 BS University of Minnesota, Duluth - History with Honors
Tom Olson, PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BC, joined the NYU College of Nursing in January 2009 as Executive Associate Dean. His most recent previous position was Professor and Director of the Interdisciplinary Health Sciences PhD Program, in the College of Health Sciences and School of Nursing, University of Texas at El Paso. Tom has held a number of other academic, administrative and clinical positions, including Director of Graduate Nursing Education (University of Texas), Coordinator of Undergraduate and Graduate Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing (University of Hawaii) and Clinical Nursing Specialist (Hennepin County Mental Health Center, Minneapolis). He received his PhD in 1991 from the School of Nursing at the University of Minnesota. His funded research activity includes clinical projects focusing on Mexican-origin adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and historical research involving the evolution of nursing education and an oral history project of Hawaii nurses. Tom is certified as a clinical specialist in adult psychiatric and mental health nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
Research Interests:
Health concerns involving anxiety, particularly in relation to culture and disparities
Health care history
Olson, T. & Walsh, E. (2004). Handling the sick: The women of St. Luke's and the Nature of nursing, 1892-1937. The Ohio State University Press: Columbus, OH. [ISBN: 0-8142-0959-9 (cloth); 0-8142-9036-1 (CD); winner of the 2004 Lavinia L. Dock Award for for Exemplary Historical Research and Writing from the American Association for the History of Nursing.]
Olson, T. (2004). Spasm or transformation? Advanced practice psychiatric nursing education in the United States. International Journal of Psychiatric Nursing Research, 10(1), 1152-1163.
Olson, T. (2003). Publishing in U.S. nursing journals: Suggestions for Thai scholars. CMU Nursing Journal, 30(4), 1-10.
Olson, T. (2003). Buddhism, behavior change, and OCD. Journal of Holistic Nursing. 21(2), 149-162.
Olson, T. (2002). From clinician to client: The lived experience of mental illness. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 23(5), 435-444.
Ratliffe, C.E., Harrigan, R.C., Haley, J., Tse, A., & Olson, T. (2002). Stress in families with medically fragile children. Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing, 25, 167-188.
