Dr. Bentley is a Clinical Associate Professor in the School of Public Affairs (SPA) in the Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions at Arizona State University. She currently serves as an Associate Director in SPA.
She received her M.A. in History from the University of Delaware and her Ph.D. in Public Administration and Policy from Arizona State University. Her dissertation examined the storytelling about SB 1070, a controversial immigration policy that became law in Arizona in 2010. She evaluated what the storytelling reveals about how public policy affects individuals.
She has been teaching at the School of Public Affairs at ASU since 2009. She has taught in-person and online courses at the undergraduate and graduate level on topics including public administration, public policy analysis, ethics, diversity, leadership and capstone courses. Most recently, she has been teaching PAF 194/394: Taylor Swift (Public Policy Version).
Education
Ph.D. Public Administration and Policy, Arizona State University
