Katz Olson, Laura: - Laura Katz Olson is AGF Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Lehigh University. To date, she has published nine nonfiction books on the U.S. health system and long-term care politics and policy. Elder Care Journey, which relates her personal experiences as a caregiver for her mother, won a Gold Medal in the 2017 Living Now Book award competition. Olson has served on the American Political Science Council and is on the editorial board of the Journal of Critical Political Science. In 2009, she received the Charles A. McCoy Lifetime Achievement Award.