Kevin Henderson

Research Discipline/Bio

Kevin is a Ph.D. candidate specializing in international organizations and global education policy. His research examines how international actors influence education discourse, particularly in policies on skills, reskilling, and digital transformation. Using qualitative methods, including discourse analysis, he explores how education narratives are constructed, institutionalized, and legitimized. His work engages institutional and world society theories to analyze policy, power, and transnational governance.

He has presented at the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) and published on digital education and global governance. He was the founding Program Director of Digital Content at the United Board, overseeing digital education initiatives across 16 Asian countries. He is the former editor-in-chief of Current Issues in Comparative Education and co-founder of the CIES Southeast Asia Special Interest Group. He holds degrees from Columbia, Fordham, and Nyack College.

Educational Background

Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.), Comparative and International Education, Columbia University, 2023
Master of Arts (M.A.), Religious Education, Fordham University, 2017
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Interdisciplinary Studies, Nyack College, 2011

Publications/Exhibitions

Selected Publications and Presentations

Henderson, K. A. (2022). Crafted Legitimacy: The World Economic Forum, The Fourth Industrial Revolution, and Policy Reform in Southeast Asia. Paper presented at the Comparative and International Education Society Conference, Minneapolis, MN.

Henderson, K. A. (2019). Indonesia 4.0: The Fourth Industrial Revolution and Vocational Education Discourse in Indonesian Media. Roundtable presentation at the Comparative and International Education Society Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Henderson, K. A. (2019). Digital technology and perceptions on use: An analysis of higher education faculty in Asia. Paper presented at the eLearning Forum Asia, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.

Henderson, K. A. (2018). Enactive Processes, Critical Ontology, and the Digitization of Education. Current Issues in Comparative Education, 20(2), 3-8.

Henderson, K. A. (2017). Twenty Years of Current Issues in Comparative Education: An Editorial Introduction. Current Issues in Comparative Education, 20(1), 3-5.

Last Updated: Feb 12, 2025