Professor Henderson obtained his B.A. in Chemistry at St. Andrews Presbyterian College in NC where his interests also included topics from Western Civilization to Eastern Religions. After earning his Ph.D. at U. Mass Amherst in analytical chemistry in 1975 and a 3 year postdoctoral at U. Mass studying oil shale, he joined the faculty of Trinity College in 1977 and retired in 2015. His 35+ scholarly publications involve applications of chromatography and mass spectrometry to food antioxidants from plants, metal analysis, biochemical analysis, environmental analysis, and the study of mummies. He was the founder of the Interdisciplinary Science Program at Trinity and served as the first Director of the Environmental Science Program. 

He remains active in the Reacting to the Past pedagogy and has authored eight Reacting courses dealing with environmental policy, nutrition, chemistry, GM crops, and religion. In retirement he continues to work actively as a consultant and workshop leader for Reacting to the Past. He also teaches in the Osher Life Long Learning program at Dartmouth. He is an avid skier, enjoys kayaking and hiking. His photographs and paintings are displayed in local art shows, and he plays guitar and sings in choral groups and as a soloist.

• “Constantine and the Council of Nicaea – 326 CE”, David E. Henderson and Frank Kirkpatrick, Reacting Consortium Press (Distributed by University of North Carolina Press).
• "Acid Rain in Europe- 1979-87”, David E. Henderson and Susan K. Henderson, Accepted for publication by Reacting Consortium Press, 2016.
• "Challenging the Food Pyramid – 1991” David E. Henderson and Susan K. Henderson, Accepted for publication by Reacting Consortium Press, 2016.
• “Climate Change at Copenhagen, 2009”, David E. Henderson, Accepted for publication by Reacting Consortium Press, 2016.
• “Reacting to the Past  - A New Simulation Game-Playing Pedagogy for Science Education”, David E. Henderson, Susan K. Henderson, Tony Crider, Annual Fall Conference 2013 - Case Study Teaching in Science, September 20-21, National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science, Amherst, NY
• “Challenging the Food Pyramid - A Reacting to the Past Simulation Game for Chemistry and Nutrition Courses”, Susan K. Henderson and David E. Henderson in  Using Food To Stimulate Interest in the Chemistry Classroom,  ACS Symposium Series Volume 1130 Keith Symcox, Ed. 1Chapter 11, pp 141-151 , May 17, 2013
• “Stabilization effects of naringenin and caffeic acid on g-irradiated EPDM”, T. Zaharescu a,n, S. Jipa b, A. Mantsch a, D. Henderson, Radiation Physics and Chemistry 84 (2013) 35–38
• "Role playing simulation game for atoms first chemistry: Chemistry at Karlsruhe 1860", David Henderson and Susan Henderson, Symposium Paper 628: 12^th BCCE, State College PA, Aug 1, 2012.
• "Role playing simulation game for teaching food chemistry: Challenging the food pyramid 1991", Susan Henderson and David Henderson, Symposium Paper 409: 12^th BCCE, State College PA, July 31, 2012
• "Four role-playing simulation games for use with Chemistry in Context", David Henderson and Susan Henderson, Symposium Paper 110:12^th BCCE, State College PA, July 29. 2012
• "Chemistry at Karlsruhe 1860: Using Reacting to the Past in General Chemistry", David Henderson and Susan Henderson, Workshop leader Workshop 42: 12^th BCCE, State College PA, July 30, 2012
• "Reacting to the Past – A New Pedagogy of Engagement for Science Education", David Henderson and Susan Henderson, Workshop leader Workshop 41: 12^th BCCE, State College PA, July 29, 2012
• "Climate Change at Copenhagen - 2009" David Henderson, workshop leader at RTTP Summer Institute, June 9-10, 2012, New York, NY
• Improvement in Radiation Stability of EPDM by Efficient Antioxidants", Traian Zaharescu, Silviu Jipa, David Henderson, Macromol. Symp. 2012, Vol. 315, pp. 212–217
• Henderson, David E. "Control and Application of Temperature in Analytical High Performance Liquid Chromatoraphy." In Handbook of HPLC, 2nd Ed. Edited by Danilo Corradini. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2011.
• David E. Henderson, Taz Daughtery, Tony Crider, and Mark C. Carnes. "Science Appreciation through Historical Role Playing." 2011 CCLI/TUES Principal Investigators (PIs) Conference, Washington, DC, January 26-28, 2011.
•  Henderson, David E. "A Chemical Instrumentation Game for Teaching Critical Thinking and Information Literacy in Instrumental Analysis Courses." Journal of Chemical Education 87, no. 4 (2010): 412-415.
• T. Zaharescu, S. Jipa, A. Mantsch, D. Henderson, "Stabilization effects of naringenin and caffeic acid on ?-irradiated EPDM." 9th meeting of the Ionizing Radiation and Polymers Symposium, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, October, 2010.
• T. Zaharescu, S. Jipa, D. Henderson, W. Kappela, D.A. Maris, M. Maris. "Thermal and radiation resistance of stabilized LDPE." Radiation Physics and Chemistry 79 (2010): 375–378.
• David E. Henderson and Erica Smith (’08),  "Comparison of SPE-ELISA and SPE-GC-MS for Ultra-trace analysis of Triclosan in surface water." Paper No 252, ACS Northeast Regional Meeting, Hartford, CT, October 9, 2009.
• David E. Henderson and Susan K. Henderson. "The Use of Integrated Laboratories and a Simulation Game to Teach Environmental Science." Paper No. 57, ACS Northeast Regional Meeting, Hartford, CT, October 9, 2009.
• Katherine M. Nichols (’09) and David E. Henderson, "Analysis of Mercury in Commercial Tuna and Human Hair Using the DMA 80 Analyzer." Paper No. 151, ACS Northeast Regional Meeting, Hartford, CT, October 9, 2009.
• Henderson, David E. "Implementing Methodological Secularism: The Teaching and Practice of Science in Contentious Times." Secularism and Science in the 21st Century.  Edited by Ariela Keysar and Barry A. Kosmin.  ISSSC, May 2008.
• Conlogue, Gerald,  Beckett, Ronald, Bailey, Yvette, Posh, John,  Henderson, David, Double, Gary, and  King, Thomas,  "Paleoimaging: The Use of Radiography, Magnetic Resonance, and Endoscopy to Examine Mummified Remains."  Journal Of Radiology Nursing 27 (2008): 5-13.
• Brown, Matthew J,  David E. Henderson*, Christopher Hunt, and Mark M. Turnbull. "Comparison of Antioxidant Properties of Supercritical Fluid Extracts of Herbs and the Confirmation of Pinocembrin as a Principle Antioxidant in Mexican Oregano (Lippa Gravolens)."  E. EJEAFChe 5, 2 (2006): 1265-1277.
• Keenan, B.G., T. Leungsakul, B.F. Smets, M. Mori, D.E. Henderson, and T.K. Wood. "Protein Engineering of the Archetypal Nitroarene Dioxygenase of Ralstonia sp. Strain U2 for Activity on Aminonitrotoluenes and Dinitrotoluenes through Alpha-Subunit Residues Leucine 225, Phenylalanine 350, and Glycine 407."  Journal of Bacteriology 187, 10 (May 2005): 3302-3310.
• Henderson, David. E., Adam M. Slickman*, and Susan K. Henderson. "Quantitative HPLC Determination of Antioxidant Activity of Capsaicin on the Formation of Lipid Hydroperoxides of Linoleic Acid." A Comparative Study against BHT and Melatonin,  J. Ag. Food Chem, 47 (1999): 2563-70.
• Henderson, David E., and Rebecca M. Thomas. The Acid Rain Project - A Laboratory Project for Introductory Chemistry. McGraw Hill, 1997.  ISBN 0-07-014358-7
• Henderson, David E. "Science, Environmental Values, and Policy Prescriptions." In Environmental Risk, Environmental Values and Policy Choices: Beyond Efficiency Tradeoffs in Public Policy Analysis, edited by J.M. Gillroy. Boulder: Westview Press, 1993.

Undergraduate student co-authors are underlined

• Faculty Research Committee 3 year research grant. Development and application of a method to monitor waste water in the environment, $8,000, 2007-10
• Inducted into Alpha Sigma Lambda in recognition of service to adult education at Charter Oak State College, 2007.
• Faculty Research Committee (FRC) 3 year research grant. Identification and characterization of antioxidants in herbs, $8,000, 1998-2001
• Community Learning Grant (Kellogg Foundation) for Environmental Associates (With Professor Guardiola-Diaz). Students did environmental cleanup and analysis of lead contaminated soil on Chestnut Street using phytoremediation, $33,000, 1999-2000   
• FRC Summer Student Associate, received each summer, 1999-2003
• FRC 1 year research grant, development of GC-MS and HPLC-MS analysis to track sewage and septic tank effluent in the environment, $4000, 2006-2007