Arlene Holmes Henderson#
| Membership Number: | 6799 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLASSICS & ORIENTAL STUDIES |
| Affiliated section(s): | PHILOSOPHY, THEOLOGY & RELIGIOUS STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2024 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/arlene-v-holmes-henderson |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-4538-3805 |
| Twitter: | @profarlenehh |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/profarlenehh?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_profile_view_base_contact_details%3BFuTpu6SyQlCsD%2FHHDHhJ8w%3D%3D |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2023 - present Professor of Classics Education and Public Policy, Durham University
- 2022 - 2023 Associate Professor of Classics and Ancient History, Durham University
- 2020 - 2023 Senior Research Fellow, University of Sussex (part-time)
- 2017 - 2022 Senior Research Fellow in Classics Education, King’s College London (part-time)
- 2014 - 2022 Senior Research Fellow in Classics Education, University of Oxford (part-time)
- 2013 - 2014 Fulbright Visiting Professor in Department of Languages and Literatures, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Fields of Scholarship
- Public policy
- Social mobility
- Classics education
- Languages in education
- Public engagement
- Employability
- Rhetoric
- Critical skills
- Humanities in education
Honours and Awards
- 2024 Award for Outstanding Global Research Collaborator, Durham University
- 2023 MBE from King Charles III for Services to Education
- 2022 Elected Visiting Fellow of the School of Advanced Study, University of London
- 2021 Elected to Fellowship of Christ Church, Oxford
- 2020 Vice-Chancellor’s award for Education, University of Oxford
- 2017 Erskine Fellowship from New Zealand Government
- 2014 Churchill Fellowship
- 2013 Fulbright Scholarship
- 2007 Teaching STAR award from the International Institute of Education, New York
- 2004 St. Andrew’s Society for the State of New York Scholarship to study at Harvard University
- 2004 Scottish International Educational Trust prize for outstanding academic achievement
- 2002 Christina Keith Prize, St. Hilda’s College, University of Oxford
