Education
- Ph.D., Central Michigan University / University of Strathclyde, Glasgow (Fields: British Empire, U.S. Diplomatic History, Latin American History)
- M.A., Central Michigan University / University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
- Postgraduate Diploma (History), University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
- B.A., Michigan State University
- Associate in Arts, Grand Rapids Community College
Courses Taught
- HS120: World History to 1500
- HS121: World History since 1500
- HS215: Modern World
- HS230: Latin American History
- HS285: The History of US Foreign Relations
- HS293: World War One and the Interwar Period
Publications
Books
Marsh, S., Hendershot, R.M., Culley, T. The Ford Administration and Anglo-American Relations: Re-Valuing an Interim Presidency. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2026.
Marsh, S. and Hendershot, R.M. (eds.) British Royalty and Anglo-American Relations: from Rebellion to Renewal. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2026.
Hendershot, R.M. and Marsh, S. (eds.) Culture Matters: Anglo-American Relations and the Intangibles of ‘Specialness’ . Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2020.
Hendershot, R.M. Family Spats: Perception, Illusion, and Sentimentality in the Anglo-American Special Relationship . Saarbrucken: VDM Verlag Publishing, 2008.
Journal Articles
Hendershot, R.M. “‘Well, I’ve never been to England, But I kinda like the Beatles’: Evaluating the Popular Music Industry’s Impact upon the Anglo-American Special Relationship.” Yearbook of Transnational History, vol. 9 (2026).
Hendershot, R.M. and Marsh, S. “Britain’s ‘Big Gun’: Queen Elizabeth II and the Anglo-American Special Relationship.” English Historical Review (2026): https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/ceaf247.
Hendershot, R.M. and Marsh, S. “Renewing the Cold War Narrative of ‘Special’ Anglo-American Relations: Commemoration, Performance and the American Bicentennial.” Journal of Cold War Studies, 26:1 (2024): 196-246 .
Hendershot, R.M. “Reflecting on the ‘Cultural Turn’: New Directions in the Study of Anglo-American Relations and the Special Relationship.” Journal of Transatlantic Studies , 18:4 (2020): 455-476.
Hendershot, R.M. and Marsh, S. “Celebrating the Mayflower: 400 years of Anglo-American relations.” Journal of Transatlantic Studies , 18:4 (2020): 405-414.
Hendershot, R.M. “The Legacy of an Ojibwe Lumber Chief: David Shoppenagon.” The Michigan Historical Review, 29:2 (2003): 40-68 .
Chapters in Edited Volumes
Hendershot, R.M. “From Curiosity to Celebrity, and on to Symbol of ‘essential democracy’: The British Crown and Interwar Anglo-American Relations,” in Marsh, S. and Hendershot, R.M. (eds.) British Royalty and Anglo-American Relations: from Rebellion to Renewal. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2026.
Hendershot, R.M. “Reformulating Anglo-Saxon Identity: Intersections of Racism, National Identities, and Transatlantic Stereotypes in the Nineteenth Century,” in A.P. Dobson and S. Marsh (eds.), Anglo-American Relations and the Transmission of Ideas . New York: Berghahn, 2022.
Hendershot, R.M. “Anglo-American narratives in public space: evaluating commemoration and generational transmission of the special relationship.” In R.M. Hendershot and S. Marsh (eds.), Culture Matters: Anglo-American Relations and the Intangibles of ‘Specialness’. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2020.
Hendershot, R.M. “Manipulating an Anglo-American Civilizational Identity in the Era of Churchill.” In A.P. Dobson and S. Marsh (eds.), Churchill and the Anglo-American Special Relationship , London: Routledge, 2017.
Hendershot, R.M. “‘Affection is the cement which binds us’: Understanding the Cultural Sinews of the Anglo-American Special Relationship.” In A.P. Dobson and S. Marsh (eds.), Anglo-American Relations: Contemporary Perspectives . London: Routledge, 2012.
Additional Resources
Book Series: McGill-Queen's Transatlantic Studies
“GRCC History Professor’s Upcoming Book Inspires Ford Presidential Museum Exhibit”
“Book by GRCC History professor Robert Hendershot earns prestigious national honor”
New Books in History - Interview & Podcast
"Professor travels around the world and back to GRCC"
Videos
Diversity Conversation: Robert Hendershot and Julissa Arce
2018 English Department Conference: History and Writing
Intersections of Caste, Class, Skin Color and Religion in the Republic of India
Confronting Mechanisms of Control: Race, Gender, and Religion in Colonial Mexico
Race and Ethnicity: Idlewild's Rapture
Anishinaabeg Identity Construction, 2009 GRCC Gender and Sexuality Conference
