Employment

Degrees

• 1993 Ph.D. Geological Sciences, Binghamton University, State University of New York, Binghamton, NY
• 1988 M.A. Geological Sciences, Binghamton University, State University of New York, Binghamton, NY
• 1985 B.S. Geology with honors, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY

Employment History

• 1/2021 - present: Associate Dean for Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University at Buffalo
• 8/2019 - 1/2021: Associate Dean for New Academic Programs and Initiatives, College of Arts and Sciences, University at Buffalo
• 8/2016 - 8/2019: Chair, Department of Geography, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14261-0055 (appointed to second term; stepped down to become Associate Dean)
• 8/2014 - present: Adjunct Professor, Department of Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering, University at Buffalo
• 8/2008 - present: Professor, Department of Geography, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14261-0055
• 8/2005 - 8/2008: Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University at Buffalo
• 8/2003 - 8/2005: Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University at Buffalo
• 9/1995 - 8/2003: Research Geologist, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, National Sedimentation Laboratory, P.O. Box 1157, Oxford, MS 38655
• 8/1992 - 9/1995: Research Fellow, School of Earth Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT UK

Editorial Service

• Guest Editor, R.R. Wells, S.J. Bennett, and J. Wainwright, “Gully Erosion: Integrating Monitoring, Modelling and Management,” Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, virtual special issue, 2019
• Guest Editor, S.J. Bennett, P. Ashmore, and Cheryl McKenna Neuman, “Laboratory Experiments in Geomorphology,” Geomorphology, v. 244, pp. 1-204, 2015
• Guest Editor, J. Casalí, R. Giménez, and S.J. Bennett, “Gully Processes: Monitoring and Modeling,” Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Vol. 34(14), pp. 1839-1984 (British Society for Geomorphology), 2009
• Guest Editor, M.J.M. Römkens, and S.J. Bennett, “Gully Erosion,” International Journal of Sediment Research, 20(3), pp. 157-280 (World Association for Sedimentation and Erosion Research), 2005
• Assistant Editor, The Professional Geographer (Association of American Geographers), 2005-09
• Associate Editor, Water Resources Research (American Geophysical Union), 2003-06
• Associate Editor, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering (American Society of Civil Engineers), 2001-04
• Co-editor, Sedimentology (International Association of Sedimentologists), 2002-03

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