Robert Benne was Jordan-Trexler Professor of Religion and Chair of the Religion and Philosophy Department at Roanoke College for eighteen years before he left full-time teaching in 2000. He founded the Roanoke College Center for Religion & Society in 1982 and directed it until 2012. He continues at Roanoke College as a Research Associate in its Religion and Philosophy Department. Before going to Roanoke College in 1982, he was Professor of Church and Society at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago for seventeen years. A native of Nebraska, he received his college education at Midland University. His graduate degrees are from the University of Chicago.
(bio from Roanoke College)
