Dr. Joe Henderson

Dr. Joseph Henderson is an Associate Professor of Social Sciences in the Department of Environment and Society at Paul Smith’s College in Upstate New York. He is trained as an anthropologist of environmental and science education, and his research investigates how sociocultural, political, and geographic factors influence teaching and learning about climate change. He completed a Ph.D. at the University of Rochester in the United States, where he conducted ethnographic analyses of science learning, sustainability education, and educational policy. His post-doctoral work at the University of Delaware examined the emerging field of climate change education from a learning sciences and educational policy perspective. His current research investigates how environmental education contributes to emerging ecofascist movements around the world. As part of the UNESCO-informed Monitoring and Evaluating Climate Communication and Education (MECCE) Project he investigates climate change educational policy in federated governance systems. He recently co-edited Teaching Climate Change in the United States, a collection that celebrated the diversity of climate change education programs across the United States. He has published in the Journal of Environmental Education, Environmental Education Research, the International Journal of Science Education, and Educational Studies. Additionally, he is an associate editor at the Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences and is an editorial board member at Environmental Education Research and the Canadian Journal of Environmental Education. He lives in Saranac Lake, New York with his wife Tracey and their two children and where he is an elected member of the Saranac Lake Central School District’s Board of Education. In his free time, he likes to hike mountains, backcountry ski, and play video games.