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Holger W. Henke (born in
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) is a political scientist, educator, and between 2014-2017 served as vice-chancellor for academic affairs and provost (emeritus) at Wenzhou-Kean University (associate vice president for academic affairs at
Kean University Kean University () is a public university in Union and Hillside, New Jersey. It is part of New Jersey's public system of higher education. Kean University was founded in 1855 in Newark, New Jersey, as the Newark Normal School. Initially establ ...
) in
Wenzhou Wenzhou (pronounced ; Wenzhounese: Yuziou �y33–11 tɕiɤu33–32 ), historically known as Wenchow is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Zhejiang province in the People's Republic of China. Wenzhou is located at the extreme south east o ...
, China. From 2008 to 2014 he was assistant provost at
York College, City University of New York York College is a public senior college in Jamaica, Queens, New York City. It is a senior college in the City University of New York (CUNY) system. Founded in 1966, York was the first senior college founded under the newly formed CUNY system ...
. He has previously taught (''assistant professor'', 2004–08; ''associate professor'', 2008) at
Metropolitan College of New York Metropolitan College of New York (MCNY), formerly Audrey Cohen College, is a private college in New York City. MCNY is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and consists of three schools: The Audrey Cohen School for Huma ...
, and also served as associate professor of political history at
Kean University Kean University () is a public university in Union and Hillside, New Jersey. It is part of New Jersey's public system of higher education. Kean University was founded in 1855 in Newark, New Jersey, as the Newark Normal School. Initially establ ...
. In the late 1990s he was the assistant director of the Caribbean Research Center ( Medgar Evers College).


Education

Holger Henke attended the Geschwister-Scholl-Institute for Political Science at the
University of Munich The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich or LMU; german: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Germany. It is Germany's sixth-oldest university in continuous operati ...
, where he earned a Magister Artium (Political Science, with double minor in Modern German Literature and Communication Sciences) in 1987. He subsequently emigrated and lived for seven years in
Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of Hispanio ...
. In 1996 he earned a Ph.D. in Government at the
University of the West Indies The University of the West Indies (UWI), originally University College of the West Indies, is a public university system established to serve the higher education needs of the residents of 17 English-speaking countries and territories in th ...
(Mona, Jamaica) with a dissertation about the foreign relations of that country between 1972 and 1989.


Research and scholarship

Henke studies international relations (Caribbean, Europe, US, und Asia), migration, political culture and development (political economy). He has published seven books and numerous scholarly articles. Henke was the editor of the peer-reviewed journal ''Wadabagei: A Journal of the Caribbean and its Diasporas.'' In 2010-11 he served as President of the Caribbean Studies Association. Henke also served as an advisory board member of the Caribbean Research Center at Medgar Evers College (
City University of New York , mottoeng = The education of free people is the hope of Mankind , budget = $3.6 billion , established = , type = Public university system , chancellor = Fél ...
), where he previously had worked as assistant director. Until 2012 he was a senior research fellow of the Council on Hemispheric Affairs in Washington (D.C.). From 2011-2015 he provided annual country reports for several Caribbean nations to the Washington-based think tank Freedom House; since 2018 he has provided similar reviews for the V-Dem Institute (University of Gothenburg). In 2013 Dr. Henke received a Fulbright International Education Administrators (US-UK) Award. In 2014 he participated in the Harvard University ''Institute for Management and Leadership in Education (MLE).'' In August 2010, he received the honorary citizenship of Jamaica.


Work in Academic Administration

During his tenure as Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs & Provost at Wenzhou-Kean University the student body of this institution grew from ca. 850 (AY 2014/15) to ca. 1,950 (AY 2017/18). The number of full-time faculty grew from 46 (AY 2014/15) to 96 (AY 2017/18). The establishment of several new key offices (e.g., Associate Deans for Business and Liberal Arts; Center for Curriculum Scheduling and Planning; Graphic Design studio and iMac lab; biology and physics labs; MakerSpace; Language Learning Lab; Office for Research and Sponsored Programs), the start of new academic programs (Applied Mathematics; Psychology; Graphic Design / Interactive Advertising; Management / Entrepreneurship option and Supply Chain & Information Management option; Architectural Studies), and the implementation of other academic support structures (e.g., scholarship reward program; Student Research Day; Vice Chancellor's Lecture Series; Global Lecture Series) marked the significant administrative, programmatic, and teaching & research infrastructure advancement during that period. On September 22, 2015, China's President Xi Jinping remarked at the China-US Governors’ Forum in Seattle on the university's development: “When I was Governor of Zhejiang back in 2006, I attended a signing ceremony for a joint initiative between Wenzhou University and Kean University to establish Wenzhou-Kean University. After years of efforts, this university was finally up and running last year and is making good progress today.” The construction of new Student Residential Buildings (with 1,800 beds), the College of Business and Public Management building (opened in 2018), and the acceptance of a 100 million yuan grant by the Shanghai-based Dafa Properties Group for the construction of a School of Architecture and Design building also fall into this very productive growth period. Dr. Henke also acted as the guardian of academic freedom at Wenzhou-Kean University where students enjoy full access to the internet, are able to watch international news programs on campus, and can access the library research databases at
Kean University Kean University () is a public university in Union and Hillside, New Jersey. It is part of New Jersey's public system of higher education. Kean University was founded in 1855 in Newark, New Jersey, as the Newark Normal School. Initially establ ...
.


Books

* ''The End of the “Asian Model”?''. (ed., with Ian Boxill), John Benjamins: Amsterdam & Philadelphia 2000. * ''Between Self-Determination and Dependency: Jamaica’s Foreign Relations, 1972-1989''. Kingston: University of the West Indies Press 2000. * ''The West Indian Americans''. Westport (CT): Greenwood Press 2001 * ''Modern Political Culture in the Caribbean''. (ed., with Fred Reno), Kingston: University of the West Indies Press 2003. * ''Crossing Over. Comparing Recent Migration in the United States and Europe'', (ed.), Lanham (MD): Lexington Books 2005. * ''Constructing Vernacular Culture in the Trans-Caribbean'', (ed., with Karl-Heinz Magister), Lanham (MD): Lexington Books 2008. * ''New Political Culture in the Caribbean''. (ed., with Fred Reno), Kingston: University of the West Indies Press 2022.


References

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