Eric Henson
Eric Henson is a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation and has been a research fellow/affiliate with the Harvard Project on Indigenous Governance and Development (formerly known as the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development) since 1998. He is also the inaugural Director of the Ittapila Program for Nation Building Education and Outreach at Harvard University. Henson teaches Nation Building II/Native Americans in the Twenty-First Century (HKS DEV-502, GSE A-102, FAS EMR-121, GSD SES-5427, SPH ID-248) and Native Nations and Contemporary Land Use (GSD SES-5513). In his role at Harvard, Mr. Henson has continuously served as an evaluator for Honoring Nations, an awards program that identifies, evaluates, and honors best practices in tribal governance all across the United States. He is also an Executive Vice President with the economics consulting firm Compass Lexecon.