Olivia Golob

Originally from Moore, Oklahoma, Olivia Golob graduated summa cum laude from Rogers State University in Claremore, Oklahoma. Olivia earned her Bachelor of Arts in History with a focus on American History and a minor in Creative Writing in 2024. During her time there, Olivia served in a wide variety of leadership roles, including being a member of Roger State’s prestigious Honors Program and being an active member of the Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority where she held positions such as Vice President of Programming and Collegiate Secretary of the Theta Eta Chapter. Academically, Olivia was inducted as a member into Alpha Chi, a national college honor society, as well as Pi Sigma Alpha and Phi Alpha Theta honor societies that are focused on the study of political science and history respectively. Olivia presented her capstone research, titled “Hiroshima & Nagasaki: The American Public’s Initial Reaction to the Atomic Bombings,” at the Oklahoma Regional Conference for Phi Alpha Theta in 2024. At Rogers State, Olivia was given the opportunity to participate in a class conducting research for the National Security Agency. During the class, she published an open-sourced intelligence report titled “The People’s Republic of China’s Use of Artificial Intelligence and the Threat it Poses to the United States” at the National Security Agency. Olivia was on the President’s Honor Roll for eight consecutive semesters and was awarded an Exemplary Graduate of 2024 for the History and Political Science Department. Following graduation, Olivia spent the summer of 2024 learning Chinese through the U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship.

Olivia earned her Master of Arts in Global Studies from the University of Oklahoma in May of 2026. Olivia served as a Graduate Assistant for both academic years. In 2024 to 2025, Olivia was the Research Assistant for the Institute for U.S. – China issues. Her role was focused on collecting data for the Newman Prize for English Jueju competition that is focused on establishing and spreading cultural diplomacy. In 2025 to 2026, Olivia served as a Teaching Assistant for the College of International Studies, assisting in teaching “Understanding the Global Community” courses. During her graduate program, Olivia continued to serve in leadership roles, serving as the representative for the College of International Studies in the Graduate Student Senate. As a Senator, Olivia served as the Secretary of the Internal Affairs Committee and as Vice Chair for the Academic Affairs Committee. At the culmination of her graduate program, Olivia worked as a Legal Research Scholar for the Center for Gender and Refugee Studies. During this time, Olivia was focused on producing research to help establish asylum claims by writing an asylum toolkit focused on violence against children in Colombia. In this course, Olivia also worked with a small group focused on claims against pretermission by producing an annotated table of contents on violence against women and migrants in Uganda.

After receiving her master’s degree, Olivia interned at the Oklahoma Department of Commerce with the Global Division. Olivia produced trade briefs focused on Germany and Taiwan as well as other countries in Asia. Olivia became familiar with trade data platforms such as WiserTrade and fDi Markets during her internship. Along with this, Olivia was also able to serve in diplomatic roles. She helped assist the team with the opening of the Oklahoma-Taiwan Regional Trade Office as well as serving as an assistant in meetings at the National Governor’s Association event with the Australian Ambassador to the United States and the South Korean Trade Minister.

Olivia lives in Mustang with her husband, Josh, and their two cats, Churchill and Nola. Olivia is committed to serving Oklahoma communities throughout her law school journey.