Background
Bennett, Michael Dana was born on January 3, 1962 in Pullman, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Edward Moore and Margery Mae (Harder) Bennett.
Bennett, Michael Dana was born on January 3, 1962 in Pullman, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Edward Moore and Margery Mae (Harder) Bennett.
Bachelor, Whitman College, 1984; Master of Arts, University of Virginia, 1986; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Virginia, 1994.
Graduate instructor English Department, University Virginia, Charlottesville, 1986-1993;
teaching assistant, Carter G. Woodson Institute, Charlottesville, 1989-1993;
assistant Professor of English, Long Island U., Brooklyn, since 1994. Referee College Literature, West Chester, Pennsylvania, since 1993. Participant seminar National Endowment for Humanities, 1994-1995.
Research associate Carter G. Woodson Institute, Charlottesville, 1991-1994.
Co-leader University Virginia Rainbow Coalition, Charlottesville, 1988-1990. Member Modern Language Association (member steering committee radical caucus since 1994), National Council Teachers English, American Studies Association, Association for Study of Literature and Environment, Conference on College Composition and Communications, Phi Beta Kappa.