October 11, 2018

UW鈥檚 Kristina Olson wins MacArthur Foundation 鈥榞enius grant鈥�

Kristina Olson, 91探花 associate professor of psychology, has been named one of this year鈥檚 MacArthur Fellows.

The Fellowship from the John T. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation comes with a $625,000 stipend, commonly known as the 鈥済enius grant,鈥� for recipients to use as they see fit. The Chicago-based foundation announced聽25聽winners on Thursday.

Olson runs the聽Social Cognitive Development Lab聽at the 91探花and created the聽TransYouth Project, which is the nation鈥檚 largest longitudinal study of transgender children. She is considered a national leader in research into how children develop gender identity.

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