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Mark Olson
Associate Professor of the Practice of Art, Art History & Visual Studies
Art, Art History & Visual Studies
mark.olson@duke.edu
Box 90766, Durham, NC 27708-0766
114 South Buchanan Blvd, A292 Smith Warehouse, Bay 9, Durham, NC 27708
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ON RESEARCH LEAVE (July 2025 - December 2025)
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Recent Courses
ISS 294L: Interactive Graphics: Critical Code
Fall 2023
ARTHIST 581S: Historical and Cultural Visualization Proseminar 2
Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2023
CMAC 792: Individual Research Independent Study
Fall 2023
ARTHIST 493: Research Independent Study
Fall 2024
ARTSVIS 390S: Special Topics in Visual Arts
Fall 2023, Fall 2022
VMS 581S: Historical and Cultural Visualization Proseminar 2
Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2023
VMS 564S: Physical Computing
Spring 2025
ARTSVIS 564S: Physical Computing
Spring 2025
ARTSVIS 693: Individual Research Independent Study
Spring 2023
VMS 793: Independent Study in Visual and Media Studies
Spring 2025, Fall 2022
VMS 491: Independent Study
Spring 2024
HCVIS 791: Individual Thesis Research In Historical and Cultural Visualization
Fall 2022
ARTHIST 791: Individual Research in Art History
Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
CMAC 790S: Special Topics in Computational Media, Arts, and Cultures
Fall 2022
VMS 493: Research Independent Study
Spring 2024, Fall 2023
VMS 383: Disability Studies Meets Design: A Critical Engagement
Spring 2025
VMS 790S: Special Topics in Visual and Media Studies
Fall 2022
ISS 565S: New Media, Memory, and the Visual Archive
Fall 2024
CMAC 581S: Historical and Cultural Visualization Proseminar 2
Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2023
CMAC 390S: Special Topics in Computational Media, Arts & Cultures
Fall 2022
ARTSVIS 242L: Interactive Graphics: Critical Code
Fall 2023
ISS 393: Research Independent Study in Information Science + Studies
Fall 2023
VMS 390S: Special Topics in Visual and Media Studies
Fall 2022
ARTSVIS 790S: Special Topics in Visual Arts
Fall 2023, Fall 2022
CMAC 590S: Special Topics in Computational Media, Arts, and Cultures
Spring 2023
VMS 590: Special Topics in Visual and Media Studies
Spring 2024
ARTSVIS 590S: Special Topics in the Visual Arts
Spring 2023
ISS 581S: Historical and Cultural Visualization Proseminar 2
Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2023
VMS 391: Independent Study
Spring 2025
ISS 390S: Special Topics in Information Science + Studies
Fall 2022
ISS 590S: Special Topics in Information Science + Studies
Spring 2023
VMS 590S: Special Topics in Visual Studies
Spring 2023
CMAC 565S: New Media, Memory, and the Visual Archive
Fall 2024
CMAC 564S: Physical Computing
Spring 2025
CMAC 791: Individual Research Independent Study
Fall 2024, Spring 2023
VMS 202D: Introduction to Visual Culture
Fall 2022
VMS 397L: Interactive Graphics: Critical Code
Fall 2023
VMS 565S: New Media, Memory, and the Visual Archive
Fall 2024
HCVIS 581S: Historical and Cultural Visualization Proseminar 2
Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2023
ISS 555S: Physical Computing
Spring 2025
