
Scott Henderson
William R. Kenan Jr. Professor, Education; Director of National and International Scholarships; Philosophy and History of Education
- Email: Scott.Henderson@Furman.edu
- Phone: 864.294.3384
- Office: Hipp Hall 101J
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Scott Henderson joined Furman's Education Department in 1998. Prior to that, he was a secondary social studies teacher in Chesapeake, Virginia, an English instructor in Yamagata, Japan and an adjunct history professor at various colleges/universities.
Honors
- Furman University Meritorious Teaching Award (2013)
- Furman University Chiles-Harrill Award(2011)
- South Carolina Governor's Distinguished Professor Award (2010)
- Furman University Maiden (Meritorious Diversity) Award (2008)
- Furman University Meritorious Advising Award (2002)
- Furman University Teacher of the Year Award (2002)
- Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Sigma Alpha, Pi Gamma Mu, Omicron Delta Epsilon, Phi Alpha Theta, Phi Eta Sigma, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Mu Alpha, Kappa Delta Pi, & National Gold Key
Education
- Ph.D., SUNY-Buffalo
- Teacher Certification, UVA
- M.A., Johns Hopkins
- B.A., FSU
Publications
- “The Silencing of LGBTQ Voices in U.S. Public Schools,” Shuddhashar 29 (May 2022). https://shuddhashar.com/the-silencing-of-lgbtq-voices-in-u-s-public-schools/;“GSAv. Spearman and the Fight Against Anti-Gay Curriculum Laws,” International Journal of Social Policy and Education 3, no. 6 (June, 2021)
- “No Joke: Using Humor in Class is Harder When Instruction is Remote,” The Conversation (February 4, 2021). https://theconversation.com/no-joke-using-humor-in-class-is-harder-when-learning-is-remote-153818
- “Could Johnny Tremain Be Gay? Reinterpretation as a Subversive Act,” Journal of Homosexuality 68, no. 3 (Winter, 2021); “The Political is Personal: Limitations to Coming Out as a Social Justice Strategy,” Shuddhashar (August 1, 2020). https://shuddhashar.com/the-political-is-personal-limitations-to-coming-out-as-a-social-justice-strategy-a-scott-henderson/
- “Enhancing Cognition: Historical and Contemporary Debates,” US-China Education Review 7, no. 6 (June 2017)
- “Just Like Us? LGBTQ Characters in Mainstream Comics,” in Crag Hill, ed., Teaching Comics Through Multiple Lenses: Critical Perspectives (Routledge, 2016)
- “Toward a Pedagogy of Compassion: Acknowledging and Validating LGBT Identities,” in Paul Thomas, Paul R. Carr, Julie A. Gorlewski, and Brad J. Porfilio, eds., Pedagogies of Kindness and Respect: On the Lives and Education of Children (New York: Peter Lang, 2015)
- Co-Editor with P. L. Thomas, James Baldwin: Challenging Authors (Rotterdam: Sense Publishers, 2014)
- Co-Editor with Lloyd Benson, Paul Rasmussen, and Wade Worthen, Competition: A Multidisciplinary Analysis (Rotterdam: Sense Publishers, 2009)
- Editor and annotator, Power and the Public Interest: The Memoirs of Joseph Swidler (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2002)
- Housing and the Democratic Ideal: The Life and Thought of Charles Abrams (New York: Columbia University Press, 2000)
- “The Political is Personal: Limitations to Coming Out as a Social Justice Strategy,” Shuddhashar (August 1, 2020), published online at:
https://shuddhashar.com/the-political-is-personal-limitations-to-coming-out-as-a-social-justice-strategy-a-scott-henderson/ - “Could Johnny Tremain Be Gay? Reinterpretation as a Subversive Act,” Journal of Homosexuality (Summer, 2019), published online at: https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2019.1656508; “Enhancing Cognition: Historical and Contemporary Debates,” US-China Education Review 7, no. 6 (June 2017), 274-283
- “Just Like Us? LGBTQ Characters in Mainstream Comics,” in Crag Hill, ed., Teaching Comics Through Multiple Lenses: Critical Perspectives (Routledge, 2016)
- “Toward a Pedagogy of Compassion: Acknowledging and Validating LGBT Identities,” in Paul Thomas, Paul R. Carr, Julie A. Gorlewski, and Brad J. Porfilio, eds., Pedagogies of Kindness and Respect: On the Lives and Education of Children (New York: Peter Lang, 2015)
- “Uplift Versus Upheaval: The Pedagogical Visions of Ralph Ellison and James Baldwin,” in A. Scott Henderson and P. L. Thomas, eds., James Baldwin: Challenging Authors (Rotterdam: Sense Publishers, 2014)
- “Schools as Battlegrounds: The Authoritarian Jurisprudence of Clarence Thomas” in P. L. Thomas, ed., Becoming and Being a Teacher: Confronting Traditional Norms to Create New Democratic Realities (New York: Peter Lang, 2012)
- “The New Positivism: Research and Education,” National Social Science Journal 35, no. 2 (2011)
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