Laura Jolly

Laura Dunn Jolly (born 1955) is an American academic administrator.

Laura Dunn was born in Belzoni, Mississippi,

After completing her bachelor's degree in home economics at the University of Mississippi, Jolly earned master's and doctoral degrees in clothing, textiles, and merchandising at Oklahoma State University in 1979 and 1983, respectively. In 2007, she moved to the University of Georgia. In 2016, Jolly succeeded Pamela White as dean of the Iowa State University College of Human Sciences, where she concurrently holds a Dean's Chair. Jolly was reappointed to the deanship in 2020.