Gretchen Ernster Henderson (she/her) joins Rhodes College as the Spence L. Wilson Distinguished Professor in the Humanities and Associate Professor in the Department of English. Dr. Henderson earned her Ph.D. in English and Creative Writing from the University of Missouri-Columbia, M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Columbia University, and B.A. in History from Princeton University. She previously taught at The University of Texas at Austin, Georgetown University, University of Utah, and MIT. Dr. Henderson鈥檚 research interests cross-pollinate creative writing, environmental arts, integrative sciences, cultural histories, and public humanities, with a current focus on watersheds. She has taught a range of courses across English and Creative Writing, Environmental Humanities, Art and Museum Studies, Comparative Media Studies, Social Work, and other interdisciplinary fields.
