Dr. Daniel Bennett
Department Chair, Associate Professor of Political Science; Assistant Director, Center for Faith and Flourishing
Ph.D., Southern Illinois University B.A., George Fox University
Dr. Daniel Bennett is an associate professor of political science at John Brown University, where he has taught since 2016. He is the author of Uneasy Citizenship: Embracing the Tension in Faith and Politics, and Defending Faith: The Politics of the Christian Conservative Legal Movement. His research focuses on the politicization of religious freedom, group attitudes and constitutional rights, legal advocacy in the United States, federal judicial selection, and more.
Dr. Bennett has written popular articles for Christianity Today, Religion and Politics, and The Dispatch, among others. He has appeared in national and local media, including the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, New Yorker, National Public Radio, and KNWA. He is the director for the Center for Faith and Flourishing, and has served in advisory roles with the American Values Coalition and Neighborly Faith. In 2023 he was named as a Public Life Fellow with the Center for Christianity and Public Life.
Dr. Bennett's teaching interests include religion and politics, American government and politics, and social science research. He regularly advises student research projects, several of which have been presented at national conferences. He advises JBU's Model United Nations program, and has served in various administrative service roles at the university. In 2024 he was the recipient of JBU's Faculty Excellence Award.
Dr. Bennett and his wife, Caitlyn, have three children. Their family lives about a mile north of campus on two acres, where they have several chickens. They are members of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Siloam Springs.
