Linda L. M. Bennett

Linda Louise M. Bennett
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	University of Cincinnati Wittenberg University Northern Kentucky University Appalachian State University University of Southern Indiana

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]

Education

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]

Career

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,

No other book has ordered and analyzed a comparable set of data regarding attitudes toward the power of the federal government.[6]

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]

Notes

1. "Bennett named new USI president". Evansville Courier & Press. January 3, 2009. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06.
2. "USI names new president". Inside Indiana Business. February 2, 2009. Archived from the original on 2011-09-28.
3. Fater, Tori; Erbacher, Megan (August 15, 2017). "USI president Linda Bennett to retire". Evansville Courier & Press.
4. Linda Bennett's curriculum vitae. Archived 2008-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
5. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 978-0-7006-0432-6 (hardbound), ISBN 978-0-7006-0433-3 (paperbound).
6. "University Press of Kansas book site". Archived from the original on 2010-06-26. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
7. "Five finalists named for Southeastern Louisiana University presidency". WVLA.^[dead link‍]