Henley publishes article about Clementine Barnabet, a Black woman blamed for serial murders in the Jim Crow South

February 17, 2026

Lauren Henley, assistant professor of leadership studies, published "Revisiting the story of Clementine Barnabet, a Black woman blamed for serial murders in the Jim Crow South" in The Conversation. Henley reconstructs the religious and social traditions of the time and the sometimes shaky evidence used to convict Barnabet of the ax murders.