Background
Assendelft, Laura Anne van was born on August 10, 1967 in Portsmouth, Virginia, United States. Daughter of John Allen McColley and Beverly Alice Foote.
Assendelft, Laura Anne van was born on August 10, 1967 in Portsmouth, Virginia, United States. Daughter of John Allen McColley and Beverly Alice Foote.
Bachelor, University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, 1989. Doctor of Philosophy, Emory University, Atlanta, 1994.
Assistant professor political science Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, Virginia, 1994—2000, associate professor political science, 2001—2008, professor political science, since 2008. Department chair Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, 2003—2010, division coordinator, Virginia, 2006—2009.
Member of American Political Science Association (committee on status of women), Women's Caucus for Political Science South (president 1996-1997), Southern Political Science Association (executive council member 2002-2006).
Married Diederik Andreas Arthur van Assendelft, October 10, 1992 (divorced 2011). Children: Elizabeth Cady, Emily Caroline.