Rob Henderson is the bestselling author of Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class, which was recently optioned for a major motion picture. Henderson grew up in foster homes in Los Angeles and in the rural town of Red Bluff, California.
Once described as “self-made” by The New York Times, he then served in the U.S. Air Force, obtained a B.S. in Psychology from Yale and a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Cambridge, where he studied as a Gates Cambridge Scholar. Henderson is currently a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute.
His writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Boston Globe, among other outlets, and his Substack newsletter is sent each week to more than 75 thousand subscribers.
Once described as “self-made” by The New York Times, he then served in the U.S. Air Force, obtained a B.S. in Psychology from Yale and a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Cambridge, where he studied as a Gates Cambridge Scholar. Henderson is currently a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute.
His writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Boston Globe, among other outlets, and his Substack newsletter is sent each week to more than 75 thousand subscribers.