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Biography
David Henkel is Program Director and has been associated with the Community and Regional Planning program since 1985. He earned his PhD in the Sociology of Development (with minors in City and Regional Planning and in International Agriculture) from Cornell University, and his BA and MA from the University of Pennsylvania in South Asia Regional Studies. His research and professional experience include regional master planning and job creation studies, rapid rural appraisal, land suitability analysis, ecotourism, transnational natural resource management, and agro-industrial systems research.

Dr. Henkel's regional emphases include Southeast Asia, Latin America, the British Isles, and the US Southwest. His work includes comprehensive plans for the villages of Colombus and Chama, various regional development plans and a number of studios on the New Mexico - Chihuahua border region. He is fluent in French and Welsh, has lectured in Spanish, and also has worked in Indonesian, and Chinese (Mandarin).

Professor Henkel has taught Analytical Methods for Planners, Cultural Aspects of Community Development, Social Policy and Planning, Regional Planning Process, Natural Resource Planning, Natural Resources Field Methods, Planning Communication Techniques, and Planning studios. He has maintained a private consulting practice with New Mexico public and Native American organizations, and he has served as Director of the New Mexico State Economic Development Division as well as Director of Planning for the Southwest Border Regional Commission. Dr. Henkel is a member of the American Planning Association, Association of Borderlands Scholars, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, and the Society for Human Ecology.

Curriculum Vita (pdf)

Sample Publications, Presentations, Translations & Other Scholarly Work

2004 “Academic and Professional Training for Natural Resources Planning and Management.”, Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico. (Presentation: Spanish)

2001 "Community-based Ecological Monitoring: A Rapid Appraisal Approach." Journal of the American Planning Association. With Bill Fleming. Autumn.

"Land Suitability Analysis," (Presentation)

1994 "Bioregional Planning in the Borderlands Before the Europeans". Mass, Journal of Architecture and Planning, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. (English & Spanish)

2004 “Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan, 2004-2009.” For NM Parks and Recreation Division.

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