Olson continues ‘full steam ahead’ in her dream job at Lehigh. A new fiction book, ‘Wrinkled Rebels,’ is set for release this summer.
Fifty years ago, when Laura Katz Olson arrived at Lehigh with a Ph.D. in political science and a passion for teaching, she felt like a “curiosity” on campus. It was 1974 and women were an uncommon sight. Lehigh had just become co-ed, and the first small class of female undergrads had yet to graduate. Women professors were few. To Olson, Lehigh was seemingly a sea of men wearing sport coats in pursuit of engineering degrees.
To say today’s Lehigh is a different place is an understatement.
Spotlight Recipient
Laura Olson
Distinguished Professor of Political Science