User:Hr.emoore/Lenneal J. Henderson, Jr.

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Dr. Lenneal J. Henderson is an urban scholar who was born in New Orleans and grew up in a social justice minded family in San Francisco, California. He attended University of California, Berkley where he received his Bachelor of Arts, Masters, and Doctor of Philosophy in International Studies. He served as the Daniel T. Blue Endowed Chair in Political Science at North Carolina Central University and Head of the Department of Political Science at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Previous experience includes positions for the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Department of State, and the Environmental Protection Agency.

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Currently he is a government professor at William & Mary University although he has also holds positions at Virginia State University as a senior fellow and eminent scholar and an Assistant Dean at the University of Baltimore. Dr. Henderson researches, writes about, and teaches on issues surrounding energy policy, political organization, and social ecology. He continues to consult on housing issues, energy management, environmental policy and public management for federal, state and local governments.

Dr. Henderson currently serves and supports multiple boards such as Life Net Health -- a global non-profit focusing on transplantation and life regeneration. He also served on the board of the the Coalition for Effective Local Democracy for 22 years -- a non-profit that helps to build schools, provide computers for students, and improve civic education. Other boards he has chaired include the Greater Baltimore Urban League and the Maryland Humanities Council.

Dr. Lenneal J. Henderson also celebrates the intersection of teaching and acting. He has stepped on stage as Thurgood Marshall, W.E.B. Du Bois, Martin Luther King Jr., Robert Weaver, Ralph Bunch, Parren Mithcell, and A. Philip Randolph.

In March of 2024 he received the Citizen Diplomat Award from Global Ties U.S. which honors individuals for outstanding achievements that advance international understanding and global engagement. Dr. Henderson played a key role in the project "Developing University Partnerships-Connecting African Universities with HBCUs" and provided International Visitor Leadership Program briefings which showed his dedication to making international exchange available to everyone.

Written Works

Chapter 18 of the book Crisis and Emergency Management: Theory and Practice by Ali Farazmand is written by Dr. Lenneal J Henderson. "Managing Human and Natural Disasters in Developing Nations" discusses the importance of public bureaucracies in the development of important modern global concerns such as climate change, ethnic conflict, financial stability, global healthcare, and more. Dr. Henderson proposes that it is crucial to study disaster management in the comparative and international management of developing nations.

Dr. Lenneal J. Henderson wrote a piece on "Robert Mack Bell: Leadership, Law, and Public Policy in Maryland" in the Maryland Law Review. In it, Chief Judge Bell is celebrated for his experiences which Dr. Henderson explores in detail in the context that Bell grew up in.