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William Bendix

William Bendix

William Bendix

Associate Professor

Department

College of Arts and Sciences

Education

Ph.D., Political Science - University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 2012
M.A., English and Political Science - University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 2005
B.A., English and Political Science - University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 2004

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 U.S. national security law. Dr. Bendix also serves as the Undergraduate Coordinator for the Cyber Leadership and Intelligence Program. His research primarily focuses on Congress and the development of intelligence, antiterrorism, and foreign policy legislation.  

His scholarly articles have appeared in Political Research Quarterly, Legislative Studies Quarterly, International Politics, and others. He has also published articles on surveillance legislation in the Washington Post and the Brookings Institution’s Issues in Government Studies. He is currently completing a book manuscript that investigates the development and implementation of post-9/11 surveillance laws, including the Patriot Act, the FISA Amendments Act, and the USA Freedom Act. 

Contact

Office Location: Science Center
Phone: (605) 256-5194
Email
Website

Bendix's teaching interests are in American politics and International Relations.


  • American Politics
    • Congress
    • Presidency
    • Public Policy
    • National Security Law
  • International Relations
    • Cyber Politics
    • Security Studies
    • U.S. Foreign Policy 

Bendix’s research interests mirror his teaching interests.

  • American Politics:
    • Congress
    • Presidency
    • Public Policy
    • National Security Law
  • International Relations:
    • Cyber Politics
    • Security Studies
    • U.S. Foreign 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

Peer-reviewed journal articles

  • William Bendix and Gyung-Ho Jeong. 2023. “Hawks versus Doves: Who Leads American Foreign Policy in the US Congress?” Foreign Policy Analysis 19(4): orad025. 
  • William Bendix and 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), 115-134.
  • William Bendix and Gyung-Ho Jeong. 2022. “Beyond Party: Ideological Convictions and Foreign Policy Conflicts in the US Congress.” International Politics 59(5): 827-850.
  • William Bendix and Gyung-Ho Jeong. 2020. “Gender and Foreign Policy: Are Female Members of Congress More Dovish Than Their Male Colleagues?” Political Research Quarterly 73(1): 126-140.
  • William Bendix and Jon MacKay. 2017. “Partisan Infighting Among House Republicans: Leaders, Factions, and Networks of Interests.” Legislative Studies Quarterly 42(4): 549-577.
  • William Bendix. 2016. “Bypassing Congressional Committees: Parties, Panel Rosters, and Deliberative Processes.” Legislative Studies Quarterly 41(3): 687-714.
  • William Bendix and Paul J. Quirk. 2016. “Deliberating Surveillance Policy: Congress, the FBI, and the Abuse of National Security Letters.” Journal of Policy History 28(3): 447-469.
  • 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.

Book chapters

  • William Bendix and Gyung-Ho Jeong. 2021. “The Polarization of Defense and Foreign Policy Committees.” In Congress and U.S. Foreign Policy: Activism, Assertiveness, and Acquiescence in a Polarized Era, eds. Ralph G. Carter and James M. Scott. Lanham, MD: Rowman-Littlefield.
  • Paul J. Quirk, William Bendix, and André Bächtiger. 2018. “Institutional Deliberation.” In The Oxford Handbook of Deliberative Democracy, eds. André Bächtiger, John Dryzek, Jane Mansbridge, and Mark Warren. New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Paul J. Quirk and William Bendix. 2011. “Deliberation in Congress.” In The Oxford Handbook of the American Congress, eds. Eric Schickler and Frances E. Lee. New York: Oxford University Press.

Policy papers

  • William Bendix and Paul J. Quirk. 2015. “Secrecy and Negligence: How Congress Lost Control of Domestic Surveillance.” Brookings Institution, Issues in Governance Studies 68 (March): 1-20.
  • William Bendix and Paul J. Quirk. 2013. “Institutional Failure in Surveillance Policymaking: Deliberating the Patriot Act.” Brookings Institution, Issues in Governance Studies 60 (July): 1-15.

Other publications

  • William Bendix and Gyung-Ho Jeong. 2019. “New evidence suggests that for legislators, dovishness or hawkishness has little to do with gender.” The LSE US Centre’s daily blog on American Politics and Policy (December 10).
  • Jon MacKay and William Bendix. 2017. “Republican infighting key for candidate Trump. Now it’s a roadblock.” The Globe and Mail (March 26).
  • William Bendix and Paul J. Quirk. 2016. “Here’s how we’ll know if Trump engages in secret surveillance.” Monkey Cage/Washington Post (December 15).
  • William Bendix and Paul J. Quirk. 2016. “Some lawmakers want to let the FBI monitor your Internet and email activity — without oversight.” Monkey Cage/Washington Post (July 14).
  • William Bendix and Paul J. Quirk. 2013. “Spies Gone Wild?” OpenCanada (November 13).

Book reviews

  • William Bendix. 2021. Review of Jeremy Gelman, Losing to Win (University of Michigan Press), in Congress & the Presidency 48(2): 276-277.

Special journal issue

  • William Bendix and Paul J. Quirk, guest editors. 2016. “Governing the Security State.” Special issue of the Journal of Policy History 28(3). [Editors’ introduction, pp. 399-405.]

 

  • “The Logic and Paradox of Cyber Conflict among States.” University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL, February 21, 2023.
  • William Bendix. “The Logic and Paradox of Cyber Conflict among States.” 2022. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Montreal, QC, September 15-18.
  • William Bendix and Gyung-Ho Jeong. 2022. “American Hegemony versus Partisan Instability: The Legislative Influence of Hawks and Doves in the US Congress.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 7-10.
  • William Bendix and Jon MacKay. 2022. “Fox in the Henhouse: The Delegation of Regulatory and Privacy Enforcement in Big Tech.” Proceedings of the 55th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. DOI: 10.24251/HICSS.2022.320, http://hdl.handle.net/10125/79653 [peer-reviewed conference publication].
  • William Bendix. “Twenty Years of the Patriot Act: Public Misapprehensions and Government Misapplications.” First Amendment Museum, Augusta, ME, September 9, 2021.
  • William Bendix and Jon MacKay. 2020. “Fox in the Henhouse: The Delegation of Regulatory and Privacy Enforcement to Big Tech.” Paper presented at the annual Joel R. Reidenberg Northeast Privacy Scholars Workshop, Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, MA, November 13.
  • William Bendix and Gyung-Ho Jeong. 2020. “Beyond Party: Ideological Convictions and Foreign Policy Conflicts in the US Congress.” Paper presented at the Workshop on Domestic Polarization and U.S. Foreign Policy: Ideas, Institutions, and Policy Implications, Heidelberg University, Germany, November 12-13.
  • William Bendix and Gyung-Ho Jeong. 2019. “Gender and Foreign Policy: Are Female Members of Congress More Dovish Than Their Male Colleagues?” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 4-7.
  • Paul J. Quirk, William Bendix, and Byron Haworth. 2018. “Balancing Act: Public Opinion and Antiterrorism Surveillance Policy.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, MA, August 30-September 2.
  • William Bendix and Paul J. Quirk. 2018. “The Conflicts over Privacy, Security, and Government Secrecy.” Paper presented at the 30 anniversary of the Journal of Policy History conference, Tempe, AZ, May 16-19.
  • William Bendix and Paul J. Quirk. 2018. “Security and Privacy in the Balance: Deliberating Warrantless Surveillance Programs in Congress, 2006-2018.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 5-8.
  • William Bendix and Paul J. Quirk. 2017. “The Conflicts over Privacy, Security, and Government Secrecy.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA, August 31-September 3.
  • William Bendix and Paul J. Quirk. 2016. “Security and Privacy in the Balance: Deliberating NSA Warrantless Surveillance Programs in Congress, 2001-2015.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 7-10.
  • William Bendix and Jon MacKay. 2015. “Partisan Infighting among House Republicans: Leaders, Factions, and Networks of Interests.” Paper presented at the Annual Political Networks Workshops and Conference, Portland, OR, June 17-20.