Larry Bennett

Professor Emeritus of Political Science at DePaul University, Larry Bennett earned his bachelor’s and doctoral degrees at the College of William and Mary and Rutgers University, respectively.  Professor Bennett’s books include The Third City:  Chicago and American Urbanism (U. of Chicago Press) and Neighborhood Politics:  Chicago and Sheffield (Routledge).  He has served as interim Executive Director and Chair of the Board of Directors for North Branch Works, a neighborhood economic development advocacy group in Chicago.   Since 2007 Professor Bennett has co-edited Temple University Press’s Urban Life, Landscape, and Policy series.  In 2026 the MIT Press will publish Unwinding Privatization:  Cities and the Restoration of Public Power, which Professor Bennett has co-edited with Alba Alexander, Evan McKenzie, and Michael Pagano.