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Bense attended Florida State University and graduated with a bachelor's of anthropology in 1967, receiving a master's in 1969. She attended Washington State University and received her Ph.D. in anthropology in 1972. She became an adjunct professor at the [[UWF Panama City campus]] in 1977 and a full-time professor on the university's main campus in 1980. She is also the host of the short archaeology-themed radio program ''Unearthing Pensacola,'' which airs every weekday morning at 7:33am on WUWF.