About

Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health. My research interests include diversity issues, stratification and inequality, health disparities, and race, class, gender, and sexuality. I have published a co-authored book on Critical Diversity in Organizations, book chapters, and articles.

Research Interests

Race, Inequality, Diversity, Health Disparities, Stratification, Sexuality, and Family.

Teaching Interests

Race, Inequality, Diversity, Health Disparities, Stratification, Sexuality, and Family.

Selected Classes

Fall 2017	SOCY – Sample Surveys in Social Science
	SOCY 332 – Hum Sexuality Socioperspectives
Spring 2016	SOCY 333 – Cross Cultural Sexuality
	SOCY 698 – Neighborhoods and Health Inequality

Intellectual Contributions

Henderson, Loren (2019) The Sexual Health of African American and White Men: Does Former Incarceration Status Matter? Research in Race and Ethnic Relations UK Emerald Group Publishing

Presentations

Chard, Sarah E. Girling, Laura Henderson, Loren Eckert, J K. Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting Poster Undiagnosed Diabetes: Identifying the Community Paths to Type 2 Diabetes Diagnostic Testing (Nov 1, 2020)

Green Guerrero, Haydia (Author & Presenter) Dewary, Malcolm (Author & Presenter) Henderson, Loren (Author & Presenter) Movement Is Life the National Caucus Addressing Musculoskeletal Health Disparities Poster Racial Disparities Between Blacks And Whites In Social And Work-Related Arthritis-Attributable Activity Limitations Washington, D.C. (Oct 24, 2019)

Henderson, Loren Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory STEM Program Oral Presentation Diversity in STEM (May 13, 2019)

Chard, Sarah E. Roth, Erin Henderson, Loren Girling, Laura Wallace, Brandy H. Quinn, Charlene Eckert, J K. Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting Poster "I CAN’T EAT THAT MUCH”: OLDER ADULTS’ LIVED EXPERIENCES OF DIABETES DIETARY RECOMMENDATIONS Gerontological Society of America Boston, MA (Nov 1, 2018)

Chard, Sarah E. Henderson, Loren Wallace, Brandy H. Girling, Laura Roth, Erin Quinn, Charlene Eckert, J K. British Society of Gerontology Annual Conference Paper Diabetes Self Management in an Unequal World: Lessons from Baltimore British Society of Gerontology Manchester, England, UK (Jul 5, 2018)

Chard, Sarah E. Girling, Laura Wallace, Brandy H. Henderson, Loren Roth, Erin Quinn, Charlene Eckert, J K. Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting Paper Generativity and Diabetes Self-Management: Caring for the Self to Create Alternative Futures for Others Society for Applied Anthropology Philadelphia, PA (Apr 4, 2018)

Henderson, Loren (Author & Presenter) Roth, Erin Chard, Sarah E. Girling, Laura Wallace, Brandy H. Eckert, J K. Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Annual Meeting Paper The Role of Religion as a Coping Mechanism for the Management of Diabetes Related Stress: An Intersectional Exploration of the Meaning of Faith and Health among Black and White Older Women and Men with Diabetes Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Washington, DC (Oct 1, 2017)

Chard, Sarah E. (Author & Presenter) Girling, Laura (Author) Roth, Erin (Author) Wallace, Brandy H. (Author) Henderson, Loren (Author) Quinn, Charlene (Author) Eckert, J K. International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics World Congress Poster New Implications for Diabetes Education: Physical Activity Barriers among Diabetic Older Adults International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics San Francisco, CA (Jul 1, 2017)