Linda Louise M. Bennett | |
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3rd President of the University of Southern Indiana | |
In office July 1, 2009 – June 30, 2018 | |
Preceded by | H. Ray Hoops |
Succeeded by | Ronald Rochon |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Cincinnati (BA, MA, PhD) |
Thesis | Symbolic state politics: Education funding in Ohio, 1970-1980 (1981) |
Doctoral advisor | Norman C. Thomas |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Political science |
Institutions | |
Linda Louise M. Bennett (born December 25, 1952, in Cincinnati)[citation needed] was named president of the University of Southern Indiana (USI) by its Board of Trustees effective July 1, 2009, to replace incumbent president H. Ray Hoops who had retired on June 30, 2009.[1][2]
In August 2017, Bennett announced she would retire as president USI on June 30, 2018.[3]
Linda Bennett received her baccalaureate and master's degrees and her Ph.D. in political science all from the University of Cincinnati. The Bennetts resided in Evansville, Indiana.[4]
Bennett previously served at Wittenberg University, Northern Kentucky University, and Appalachian State University and as USI's provost and vice president for academic affairs. A professor of political science, Bennett has a publication record which includes joint-authorship, with her husband Stephen Earl Bennett, of Living with Leviathan: Americans Coming to Terms with Big Government (2007).[5] According to Michael Margolis,
At the time of her selection to be president of USI, Bennett was one of five remaining applicants under consideration for the presidency of Southeastern Louisiana University.[7]