Dr. John Hendricks
Sherman School Board President

John is a professor at Southeastern Oklahoma State University and is currently in his eleventh year of university teaching. He has served as a member of the Sherman ISD school board since May 2004.

Currently, he is a member of the Sherman ISD Real Estate Committee. He is a former member of the Board of Trustees of the Sherman Education Foundation (2004-2006), the Sherman ISD Finance Committee, the Technology Committee, and chaired the district’s School Naming Committee. He is a member of the Wilson N. Jones Hospital Foundation Annual Support Committee.

Additionally, John is a member of, and holds leadership roles in, numerous state, regional, and national educational organizations. He is Vice President of the Oklahoma Broadcast Education Association. His research has been published in scholarly journals, books, and encyclopedias. He has received University Excellence Awards in both Research/Scholarly Achievements and Service. John has been the recipient of fellowships from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the International Radio & Television Society, and the National Association of Television Program Executives.

He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Southern Mississippi, a masters degree from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, and a bachelors degree from Southern Arkansas University.

He and his wife, Dr. Stacy Hendricks, have two children: Abby, 11, and Haydyn, 9. The Hendricks family attends First United Methodist Church in Sherman.