Kristen Marie Olson is an American sociologist and statistician specializing in survey methodology.
Olson graduated in 1999 from Northwestern University, earning a bachelor's degree with honors in mathematical methods in the social sciences.
[3] Olson and her co-authors won the best-paper award of the European Survey Research Association in 2015.
[6] She was elected Council of Sections Representative for the ASA Survey Research Methods program in 2021.
[8] In 2024, the University of Nebraska system presented her with the Outstanding Research and Creative Activity (ORCA) award.