[5] She received her PhD from the University of Chicago Divinity School in 1988,[6] and began teaching at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in 1988.

[5] Her doctoral dissertation was entitled Protestant Religious Experience and the Rise of American Sociology: A Contextual Study of Varieties of Secularization.

[5] Henking taught at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, principally in the field of religious studies.

[12] During her five years at Shimer, Henking blogged on higher education and other topics on The Huffington Post[13] and ChicagoNow.

On July 1, 2022, Henking became Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs at Wells College.