Susan Bennett

Susan Bennett is a Canadian Professor of English in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Calgary. Early life Bennett was born in London to musical parents. Her father was a musician who played in theatre orchestras. As a result, she was exposed to theatre at a young age. Career In 1990, Bennett published "Theatre Audiences: A Theory of Production and Reception" through Routledge. In 1993, Bennett was elected an Annual Fellow of the Calgary Institute for the Humanities. From 1994 until 1996, Bennett served as president of the Canadian Association for Theatre Research. After leaving the Association, Bennett was an editor for Johns Hopkins University Press' "Theatre Journal" from 1997 until 2001. She served as the Associate Dean of Research in the University of Calgary Faculty of Humanities for five years before she was granted administrative leave.