Holger Henke

Holger W. Henke (born in Viersen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) is a political scientist, educator,[1] and currently serves as the founding director of the Bhisé Center for Global Understanding at Adelphi University (NY).

[2] In his previous position, he worked as the director of the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute for Social and Economic Studies (SALISES) at the University of the West Indies (Mona, Jamaica).

[4] Henke also served as an advisory board member of the Caribbean Research Center at Medgar Evers College (City University of New York), where he previously had worked as assistant director.

During his tenure as Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs & Provost at Wenzhou-Kean University the student body of this institution grew from ca.

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.