Henry began his Ph.D. in the BU History Department in 2019. His dissertation project, “Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow: Remaking American Liberalism in an Age of Crisis, 1972-1992,” is concerned with how modern liberalism was reshaped at the intersection of globalization, national industrial decline, and electoral realignment. Henry’s research focuses on evolving debates over industrial policy within the Democratic Party during this period.
Henry’s work and research has been supported by the Dirksen Congressional Center, the Boston University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the BU Initiative on Cities, and the Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy. He has previously held internships or fellowships at the Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics in Boston and at the New England Historic Genealogical Society. Henry’s work has appeared in “Public Books,” the “Los Angeles Review of Books,” “Public Seminar,” “Time,” “The Washington Post,” and “Pacific and American Studies.” Prior to starting graduate school, Henry worked in politics and in local government at a business improvement district (BID) in his hometown of Birmingham, UK.