Bill Bendix
Bill Bendix
Associate Professor / Dept. Chair - Social Science
Department
College of Arts & Sciences
Education
Ph.D. Political Science, University of British Columbia
M.A., University of Waterloo
B.A., University of Waterloo
Biography
Dr. William Bendix is an Associate Professor of International Relations and Intelligence at Dakota State University. He teaches courses in cyber politics, world politics, and national security law. A key area of his research focuses on Congress and the drafting of counterterrorism and foreign policy legislation. His work has appeared in peer-reviewed journals, including Contemporary Security Policy, Foreign Policy Analysis, and Intelligence and National Security. He is coauthor, with Paul Quirk, of the forthcoming book Deliberating Mass Surveillance (Oxford University Press).
Contact
Office Location: Ruth Habeger Science Center
Phone: (605) 256-5194
Email
Website
- International Relations
- Security Studies
- National Security Law
- Cyber Politics
- US Foreign Policy
- International Cyber Conflict
- Intelligence Failures
- Surveillance and Privacy Policy
- Academic Technology Institute Fellowship, University System of New Hampshire, 2016-2017
- Funding: $4,000 US
- Role: Co-applicant (with Angela Barlow)
- Smith Richardson Foundation Grant, 2014-present
- Funding: $45,000 US
- Roles: Co-applicant and co-investigator (with Paul Quirk)
- Paetzold Graduate Fellowship, University of British Columbia, 2007-2008
- Funding: $36,000 Cdn
- William Bendix & Paul J. Quirk. Deliberating Mass Surveillance: Can Congress Strengthen Security, Protect Privacy, and Save Democracy? [Forthcoming, Oxford University Press]
- William Bendix & Gyung-Ho Jeong. 2026. "Dovish Defeat across Issues and Time: The Pervasive Hawkish Bias in Congress." Foreign Policy Analysis 22(3): orag023.
- William Bendix. 2026. "The Paradox of Power in Cyberconflict: Why Authoritarian States Have the Advantage." Contemporary Security Policy 47(2): 507-536.
- William Bendix. 2025. "If Studies of Intelligence Failures Are Really ‘Postmortems,’ They Should Use Postmortem Causal Concepts." Intelligence and National Security 40(7): 1171-1199.
- William Bendix & Gyung-Ho Jeong. 2023. "Hawks versus Doves: Who Leads American Foreign Policy in the US Congress?" Foreign Policy Analysis 19(4): orad025.
- William Bendix & Jon MacKay. 2022. "Fox in the Henhouse: The Delegation of Regulatory and Privacy Enforcement to Big Tech." International Journal of Law and Information Technology 30(2): 115-34.
- William Bendix & Gyung-Ho Jeong. 2022. "Beyond Party: Ideological Convictions and Foreign Policy Conflicts in the US Congress." International Politics 59(5): 827-50.
- William Bendix & Gyung-Ho Jeong. 2020. "Gender and Foreign Policy: Are Female Members of Congress More Dovish Than Their Male Colleagues?" Political Research Quarterly 73(1): 126-40.
- William Bendix & Jon MacKay. 2017. "Partisan Infighting Among House Republicans: Leaders, Factions, and Networks of Interests." Legislative Studies Quarterly 42(4): 549-77.
- William Bendix. 2016. "Bypassing Congressional Committees: Parties, Panel Rosters, and Deliberative Processes." Legislative Studies Quarterly 41(3): 687-714.
- William Bendix & Paul J. Quirk. 2016. "Deliberating Surveillance Policy: Congress, the FBI, and the Abuse of National Security Letters." Journal of Policy History 28(3): 447-69.
- William Bendix. 2016. "Neglect, Inattention, and Legislative Deficiencies: The Consequences of One-Party Deliberations in the U.S. House." Congress & the Presidency 43(1): 82-102.
- “The Logic and Paradox of Cyber Conflict among States.” University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL, February 21, 2023.
- “Twenty Years of the Patriot Act: Public Misapprehensions and Government Misapplications.” First Amendment Museum, Augusta, ME, September 9, 2021.