Background
Bennett, James Richard was born on March 15, 1932 in Harrison, Arkansas, United States. Son of Joseph Volney and Mildred Mae (Dickinson) Bennett.
Bennett, James Richard was born on March 15, 1932 in Harrison, Arkansas, United States. Son of Joseph Volney and Mildred Mae (Dickinson) Bennett.
Bachelor, University Arkansas, 1953. Master of Arts, University Arkansas, 1954. Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1961.
Assistant professor, U. Montana, Missoula, 1960-1962; assistant professor, Western Washington State University, Bellingham, 1962-1965; assistant professor, U. Arkansas, Fayetteville, 1965-1967; associate professor, U. Arkansas, Fayetteville, 1967-1976; professor, U. Arkansas, Fayetteville, 1976-1997; professor emeritus, U. Arkansas, Fayetteville, since 1997. Chairman Humanities Program, U. Arkansas, 1975-1981. Fulbright lecturer United States Government, Skopje, Yugoslavia, 1968-1969.
Founder, director Myers Center Human Rights, Fayetteville, since 1984. Founder Arkansas Hiroshima-Nagasaki Memorial. Travelling panel member Arkansas Endowment of Humanities, 1978.
Co-founder, board directors Arkansas American Civil Liberties Union, Little Rock, 1970. Member Modern Language Association (delegate assembly 1978-1980), Rhetoric Society of America, Consortium for Peace Research, College English Association (board directors 1987-1990, vice president 1994, president 1996).
Married Jo Ann Keenan, February 25, 1951. 1 child, Michelle.