Active as both a performer and clinician, she has premiered works for saxophone at the 11th World Saxophone Congress held in Valencia, Spain and the 1994, 1996, and 1998 Biennial Conferences of the North American Saxophone Alliance. Additionally, she has performed or given presentations at the Annual Meeting of the College Music Society, the National Association of College Wind & Percussion Instructors National Symposium, several regional NASA conferences, and the Texas Music Educators Association Conference. She earned her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Saxophone Performance from the University of Georgia under the direction of Dr. Kenneth Fischer. Prior to her appointment at Ouachita University, Dr. Henderson served on the faculty of Eastern New Mexico University.