Kristi A. Olson is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Bowdoin College. Her research interests lie in the intersection of political philosophy and public policy, with a particular focus on questions of distributive justice. She earned her PhD from Harvard University. Prior to attending Harvard, she worked as a staff attorney at a national public interest law firm. She holds a JD with honors from Duke Law School and a BA with high honors in music and geography from Indiana University. She has been a teaching fellow for classes in nonconsequentialist ethical theory, political philosophy, and deductive logic.