Bio
Bio
Dr. Nils Olsen is a full-time faculty member in the Department of Organizational Sciences & Communication, at The George Washington University. He is trained as a social psychologist and statistician and approaches his research and teaching from a behavioral economics perspective. His research interests include: (a) decision-making in high-intensity contexts (e.g., medical, athletic, financial); and (b) decision-making in human-AI(BOT) interactions.
He has publications appearing in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Social Cognition, Academic Emergency Medicine, Journal of Behavioral Medicine, Brain Research Bulletin, and is a member of GW's Trustworthy AI Initiative, https://trustworthyai.gwu.edu/
Olsen's applied experience includes work within the Global Executive MBA Program at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, Duke Corporate Education, Inc., and the American Bar Foundation. His presentations include events at JP Morgan Chase, the Association for Psychological Science, National Geographic Channel, and National Football League (NFL).
Dr. Olsen has been honored with The George Washington University’s (Columbian College of Arts & Sciences) Graduate Programs Advisor of the Year Award (2013), nominated for the Honey Nashman Spark a Life Award (2015), and nominated for the GW Student-Athletes' Professor of the Year Award (Finalist in 2017 & Nominee in 2018, 2019).
As a tribute to his commitment to research, Dr. Olsen has successfully mentored Organizational Sciences majors to secure either the #1 or #2 spots (or both) in GW's Research Showcase for 8 consecutive years: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 (2020 – pandemic), 2021, & 2022.
Education
Ph.D., University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Social Psychology w/ additional concentration in statistics
M.A., University of Iowa - Iowa City, Social Psychology
B.S., University of Wisconsin - Madison, Psychology
Decision Making Research
Dr. Nils Olsen maintains a consistent program of research, looking at how deicisons are made within high-intensity contexts.