Scott Henderson

Scott Henderson

William R. Kenan Jr. Professor, Education; Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Director of National and International Scholarships; Philosophy and History of Education and Sexuality

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Scott Henderson joined Furman's Education Department in 1998, and received a joint appointment in the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department in 2026. Prior to Furman 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 Jim Smart Award for Vocational Reflection (2025)
  • Furman University Meritorious Teaching Award (2013)
  • Furman University Chiles-Harrill Award(2011)
  • South Carolina's Excellence in Teaching Award (2010)
  • South Carolina Governor's Distinguished Professor Award (2010)
  • Furman University Maiden Invitational 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 Struggle Over Race and History in James Baldwin and Margaret Mead’s A Rap on Race,” in Yasmin DeGout, Anna Ponchara, and Tyechia Thompson, eds., The Routledge Companion to James Baldwin (Routledge, 2026), 99-110
  • “Mahmoud v. Taylor: The Free Exercise Clause and Public Schools,” National Social Science Association Journal 64, no. 2 (March 2026), 4-26
  • “Local School Boards and LGBTQ Policy Decisions: A Qualitative Case Study,” Sexes 4, no. 3 (September 2023), 429-447
  • “Clarence Thomas and Student Speech Rights in Mahanoy Area School District v. B. L.,” Journal of Education and Social Policy 9, no. 2 (June 2022), 1-6
  • “GSA v. Spearman and the Fight Against Anti-Gay Curriculum Laws,” International Journal of Social Policy and Education 3, no. 6 (June, 2021), 9-18
  • “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), 476-495
  • “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), 62-78
  • “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 (Peter Lang, 2015), 249-262
  • “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 (Sense Publishers, 2014), 137-148
  • “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 (Peter Lang, 2012), 237-247
  • “The New Positivism: Research and Education,” National Social Science Journal 35, no. 2 (2011), 84-89.
  • “The Brain Race: Competition, National Security, and the Rise of Federal Aid to Education,” in A. Scott Henderson, Lloyd Benson, Paul Rasmussen, and Wade Worthen, eds., Competition: A Multidisciplinary Analysis (Sense Publishers, 2009), 159-168
  • 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)

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