Carol Henderson, who joined the UD faculty in 1995, has a long and distinguished record of service in teaching, administration and research at UD.

Carol Henderson, who was appointed UD’s vice provost for diversity in 2014, has accepted a similar position at Emory University. Henderson, who began her UD career as a professor in English and Africana studies in 1995, oversaw multiple initiatives to promote diversity in her time as vice provost, including the annual presentation of the Mary Custis Straughn Award in recognition of a UD employee’s efforts promoting disability support on campus.