Laura Smietanka Jensen

Background

Jensen, Laura Smietanka was born on September 26, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Leonard Lambert and Marilyn Ann (Fuehlen) Smietanka.

Education

Bachelor, Wellesley College, 1977; Master of Fine Arts, Princeton University, 1979; Master of Public Administration, U. Connecticut, 1991; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Connecticut, 1996.

Career

Assistant in instruction, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1979-1981; visiting lecturer, Yale University, New Haven, 1982; instructor, research assistant, U. Connecticut, Storrs, 1991-1993; National Endowment for Humanities fellow Department Political Science, U. Connecticut, Storrs, 1993-1994; CFH fellow, visiting instructor, Wesleyan University, 1995-1996; assistant professor, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, since 1996.

Achievements

• Laura Smietanka Jensen has been listed as a notable Political scientist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Selectman Town of Clinton, Connecticut, 1989-1995, commissioner Planning and ZoningCommn., 1985-1989. Member of the United States Orienteering Federation, Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Alpha Alpha, Phi BetaKappa.

Interests

• Avocations: orienteering, landscape gardening, violinist.

Connections

Married Roderick V. Jensen, August 4, 1979. Children: Katharine, Roderick.

Father:

Leonard Lambert Smietanka

Mother:

Marilyn Ann (Fuehlen) Smietanka

Spouse:

Roderick V. Jensen

child:

Katharine Jensen

child:

Roderick Jensen