Since 2006, Dr. Henson has served across campus in administrative support, graduate admissions, and academic support services.

Currently, Dr. Henson oversees the curriculum and teaches in the first-year experience course known as Foundations of Scholarship and Learning (FSL) taught by a cadre of over 20 faculty members from multiple disciplines. He is also the Executive Director of the Honors Program and teaches both the First Year Seminar and Honors Leadership. At the graduate level, Dr. Henson has the privilege to teach Organizational Behavior, Conflict Resolution, and Leadership in the Master of Public Service Management program.

As a university administrator and campus leader, Dr. Henson directs Academic Support which includes the Offices of Student Success, Career Services and Internships, the Chaplain, and the Writing Center. He is also a member of the Senior Academic Leadership Team, the Deans Council, and the University Library and Educational Resources Committee. During the 2020 SACS-COC institutional decennial affirmation process, Dr. Henson served on the institutional standards core writing team.

In his role as a catalyst for student social integration, Dr. Henson is the Circle Coordinator of the Cumberland Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa, the advisor for the Tennessee Lambda Chapter of Alpha Chi, Co-sponsor for Sigma Theta Delta, and faculty advisor to the Order of Omega.

As Circle Coordinator for the Cumberland Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa, Dr. Henson has overseen circle standards garnering multiple circle recognitions including the Presidential Award of Excellence. In 2021, Dr. Henson was named the recipient of the Robert L. Morlan and Robert Bishop Outstanding Circle Officer Award, and in 2022, Dr. Henson was elected by a majority of Circle Advisors and Coordinators across the nation to serve as the Faculty/Staff Trustee of Omicron Delta Kappa’s Board of Trust and Chair-elect of the Mission Committee.

Dr. Sheridan and Rachel Henson reside in Wilson County with their son, Finn, and daughter, Ellie. The Henson family are members of the Lebanon First United Methodist Church where Rachel sings in the choir and Sheridan serves as the Board Chair for the Cumberland University Wesley Fellowship, as the Scoutmaster of Troop 360, and as a Unit Commissioner for the Cumberland River District of the Middle Tennessee Council, Scouts BSA. Dr. Henson is also a member of American Legion Post 15 and a prior service Marine.