Three Women Among the 11 New Faculty at Lafayette College

This fall Lafayette College, the highly rated liberal arts institution in Easton, Pennsylvania, has welcomed 11 new faculty members to campus. Three of the new faculty members are women.

Rachel Goshgarian is a new assistant professor of history. She was on the faculty at Koc University in Istanbul, Turkey, where she was a senior fellow at the Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations. She holds a Ph.D. in history and Middle Eastern studies from Harvard University.

Lauren J. Myers is an assistant professor of psychology at Lafayette. She was a visiting assistant professor at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania. In 2008, she earned a Ph.D. in psychology from Pennsylvania State University.

Angelika Von Wahl is an associate professor of international affairs. She was an associate professor at San Francisco State University. A native of Germany, she holds a Ph.D. in political science from Free University Berlin

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