Deborah Henderson

WILSN 254 TEMPE, AZ 85287-6403
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Deborah Henderson retired in May, 2016. She was with the School of Social Transformation since 2001 and was promoted to senior lecturer in 2013. She served as the faculty advisor for several student organizations, including the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), and Students for a Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP). Over the years, Henderson has been nominated for the University’s “Last Lecture Series,” the “University Dean’s Distinguished Teaching Award,” the “The Fifteenth Annual Student Affairs Tribute to Faculty and Academic Professionals” in the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs, the “ASU Centennial Professorship Award,” “Outstanding Instructor/Lecturer Award” in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and twice was given a “Teaching Excellence Award” in the Featured Faculty Program, and an “Outstanding Professor Award” in the School of Social Transformation.

Education

Ph.D. Sociology, Arizona State University 2001

Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests

Popular Culture

Publications

Henderson, Deborah. (Forthcoming). Invited article: “Cultural Studies Approaches to the Study of Crime in Literature,” for The Oxford Encyclopedia of Crime, Media, and Popular Culture (print and online). Oxford University Press, USA.

Henderson, Deborah. 2014. “Thor’s Mighty Hammer: Christianity, Justice and Norse Mythology in Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy. Journal of Popular Culture 47(5): 1047-1061.

Research Activity

“Inspiring Female Scientists: Visions of Women in Science Fiction.” Presentation at the Annual National Conference of the Popular Culture/American Culture Association, New Orleans, LA, April 2015.

Guest Lecture – Sci-Fi Friday, Tempe Center for the Arts. “Representations of Gender and Sexuality in Science Fiction and Fantasy Media.” May 16, 2014.

Guest Lecture – Arts Career Day, Tempe Center for the Arts. “Women in Popular Culture.” Presented in conjunction with former student, Alison Botta. January 23, 2014.

“Adapting Justice: How Cinematic Interpretations Change The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.” Paper presented at the national conference of the Popular Culture Association, Boston, MA, April 13, 2012.

Presentations

Deborah Henderson. "Inspiring Female Scientists: Visions of Women in Science Fiction." Presentation at the Annual National Confernce of the Popular Culture/American Culture Association in New Orleans, LA. Apr 2015.
"Visions of Women in Science Fiction." Presentation at the Tempe Center for the Arts, Sci-Fi Friday. May 16, 2014.
Deborah Henderson. "Women in Popular Culture" with Allison Botta. Presentation at the Tempe Center for the Arts, Arts Career Day (Jan 23, 2014).
Deborah Henderson. Adapting Justice: How Cinematic Interpretations Change "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo." Presentation at the Annual National Conference of the Popular Culture/American Culture Association, Boston, MA (Apr 2012).
Deborah Henderson. "The Ideological Underpinnings of Norse Mythology in Steig Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy." Presented at the national conference of the Popular Culture Association in San Antonio, TX Apr (Apr 2011).

Honors / Awards

Named as “Most Inspirational Faculty Member” by a student-athlete and recognized at the Student-Athlete Graduation Luncheon. ASU Faculty Athletics Board and Intercollegiate Athletics Department (Fall 2011).

Named as “Most Inspirational Faculty Member” by a student-athlete and recognized at the Student-Athlete Graduation Luncheon. ASU Faculty Athletics Board and Intercollegiate Athletics Department (Fall 2010).

Identified by various students as “Most Influential Faculty Member” and invited to College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Convocation Ceremony at Arizona State University. Fall 2007; Spring 2008; Fall 2008.

Named as “Most Inspirational Faculty Member” by two student-athletes and recognized at the Student-Athlete Graduation Luncheon. ASU Faculty Athletics Board and Intercollegiate Athletics Department (Spring 2008)

Nominated for Outstanding Instructor/Lecturer Award. CLAS Quality of Instruction Committee (2008)

Nominated for the ASU Centennial Professorship Award (February 2008)

Featured Faculty Program – Teaching Excellence Award (2006)

Nominated for University Dean’s Distinguished Teaching Award (2006)

Featured Faculty Program – Teaching Excellence Award (2005)

Outstanding Professor Award – SJSI (2005)

Nominated for University Dean’s Distinguished Teaching Award (2004)

Nominated to be honored at The Fifteenth Annual Student Affairs Tribute to Faculty and Academic Professionals. Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs (2004)

Nominated for the University’s Last Lecture Series. Administered by the Office of Co-Curricular Programs, Student Development (2002)

Professional Associations

Popular Culture Association

Graduate Faculties / Mentoring History

• Undergraduate Mentor: Alexa Kirkpatrick. BIS 401: Directed Study Project: “A Strategy for Science-Based Drug Policy in the U.S.: Why Social Factors are Not Enough.” Completed December, 2013. • Honor’s Thesis Committee Chair: Melissa Carone. Honor’s College. Proposed Thesis Title: Drug Use Among College Students: Before and After Medical Marijuana Laws. Passed: August, 2012. • Honor’s Thesis Committee Chair: Ashley Allen. Honor’s College. Thesis title: “Kicking the Habit: Reforming Mandatory Minimums for Drug Crimes.” Passed: April, 9 2012. • Honor’s Thesis Committee – Third Reader: Kyle Robertson. Honor’s College. Thesis title: “The Silenced Dialogue of Tribal Ethnicity in Post-Civil War Burundi.” Passed: April 6, 2012. • Undergraduate Mentoring: Tabitha Burnett. BIS 401: Directed Study Project. “Tobacco in the Media.” Completed December 2010. • Doctoral Thesis, reader: Tommy Horejes, candidate. “Constructions of Deafness and Deaf Education: Exploring Normalcy and Deviance.” Passed December, 2009. • Doctoral Thesis Committee member: Joao Salm, candidate. “Co-produced Restorative Justice: The Possibility of Implementing Restorative Justice Principles in South Brazil.” Passed May, 2009. • Doctoral Thesis Committee member: Carole McKenna, candidate. “US Military Spouses and the Military Industrial Service Industry.” Passed October 8, 2008. • Undergraduate Mentoring: Jeffery Sittu. BIS 401: Directed Study Project: “Drug Laws and Judicial Discretion.” July, 2008. • Comprehensive Exam Adviser: Joao Salm. Passed May, 2008. • Undergraduate Mentor: Laura N. Anderson -- Dorrance Scholarship Programs student. Spring 2008. • Honors Thesis Committee member: Stephanie Trompetter: “Optimized Integration of the Licit and Illicit Supply Chains for Heroin and its Derivatives.” Department of Supply Chain Management. Degree granted May 2008. • Honors Thesis Committee Member: Sandy Pho. “US Foreign Policy and the Drug Wars.” Degree granted August 2007. • Honors Thesis Committee Member: Matthew Dauphin: “Poison Ivy’s Quest for Environmental Justice: Activism and The Comic Book Superhero.” Degree granted May 2007. • Comprehensive Exam Adviser: Carole McKenna. Passed: November 2006. • Honors Thesis Committee Member: Lauren Hathorn: “Policy in A Panic: Raves, Club Drugs and Federal Legislation.” Degree granted May 2006. • Masters Thesis Committee Member: Timothy Rowlands. “In the Empire of the Hyperreal: An Ethnography of EverQuest.” Degree granted August 2006. • Undergraduate Mentor: Darren Strubel. BIS 401: Directed Study Project: “Accounting for the Other: Immigration, Communication, Community and the Public.” Completed May 2005. • Masters Thesis Committee Member: Clayton Agent. “Dead to the Last Drop: A Qualitative Study of Grateful Dead Fan Identity.” Department of Sociology, Arizona State University. Degree granted May, 2004. • Masters Thesis Committee Member: Susan Fox. “Aging and Interaction: A Qualitative Study of Bingo Players and Their Environment.” Department of Human Factors in Design, School of Architecture, Arizona State University. Degree granted August, 2002.

Service

Co-Chair: Online Task Force – School of Social Transformation, fall 2014 and spring 2015.
National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), Arizona State University Chapter., Faculty Advisor (2011 - 2012)
Students for a Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP), Arizona State University Chapter., Faculty Advisor (2010 - 2011)
National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), Arizona State University Chapter., Faculty Advisor (2009 - 2011)