Dr. Henslee received her Doctor of Philosophy from Auburn University in Clinical Psychology (APA accredited). She completed an internship at Yale University School of Medicine, Division of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, 2007-2008 Predoctoral Fellow, Clinical Psychology Internship (APA Accredited) Division of Substance Abuse, Connecticut Mental Health Center, and her postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, Division of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior. She was promoted to associate professor of psychological science with tenure September 1, 2017.

Dr. Henslee’s clinical specialties are within the areas of addictions and trauma. She teaches General Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Health Psychology, and Undergraduate Internship. Her research interests include college student health-related behaviors, and the scholarship of teaching and learning.

In 2019 Dr. Henslee received the Faculty Service Learning Award. In her health psychology class, Psych 4590, students conduct service-learning projects for an organization. Her students must also design a statistical analysis to assess the effectiveness of the projects.