He earned his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 2009 and his M.A. in socio-cultural anthropology from Northern Arizona University in 2001. He received a B.A. in anthropology and a B.A. in religious studies from the University of Georgia in 1999. Dr. Hendrick’s research focuses on Islamic political identity, elite-level social change, and processes of democratization and global integration in Turkey. His recent book titled Gülen: The Ambiguous Politics of Market Islam in Turkey and the World (2013) is published by New York University Press.