Background
Henke, Holger was born on September 25, 1960 in Viersen, Germany. Came to the United States, 1995. Son of Manfred E. and Marlene Henke.
Henke, Holger was born on September 25, 1960 in Viersen, Germany. Came to the United States, 1995. Son of Manfred E. and Marlene Henke.
He attended the Geschwister-Scholl-Institute for Political Science at the University of Munich, where he obtained a Magister Artium (Political Science, Modern German Literature, and Communication Sciences) in 1987. In 1996 he earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Government at the University of the West Indies (Mona, Jamaica) with a dissertation about the foreign relations of that country between 1972 und 1989.
From 2008 to November 2014 he was Assistant Provost at York College, City University of New New York He has previously taught as a professor (assistant professor, 2004-2008. Associate professor, 2008) at Metropolitan College of New New York
He also was the Assistant Director of the Caribbean Research Center (Medgar Evers College).
He subsequently emigrated and lived for seven years in Jamaica. Since 1995 he lives near New York City.
Member American Civil Liberties Union, American Political Science Association, Caribbean Studies Association.
Married Simone Grace Henke, February 13, 1993. 1 child, Justin Leigh.