Samantha Bennett is Professor of Music and Associate Dean Higher Degree Research at the Australian National University, and Chair of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music. As an internationally renowned scholar of sound and music technology, she has authored, co-authored, and co-edited six books; her latest, Gear: Cultures of Audio and Music Technologies, is forthcoming from The MIT Press. Samantha is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. As a multi award-winning pedagogue, she is passionate about digital learning and teaching, leading strategic education and research initiatives, and championing equity and inclusion, particularly for Indigenous, working class / low-SES, and LGBTQIA+ students.
