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.
"[6] At the time, she also chaired the Survey Methodology Sub-Committee and sat on the National Advisory Committee for the Status of Women in Canadian Theatre.
[7] In 2013, Bennett and Christie Carson edited "Shakespeare Beyond English: A Global Experiment," which was published through the Cambridge University Press.
[12] As well, she was the recipient of the 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Canadian Association for Theatre Research[13] and named a distinguished scholar.
[16] In 2017, Bennett and fellow professor of English Stefania Forlini created a new course entitled "Community Engagement through Literature."