{"id":1678,"date":"2022-01-18T16:55:54","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T21:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/newbury-center\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=1678"},"modified":"2023-06-12T12:29:50","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T16:29:50","slug":"eric-schmidt","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/newbury-center\/profile\/eric-schmidt\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Schmidt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>While I was not a first-generation student, I remember feeling out of place in graduate school when I learned that some of my classmates were the children of professors and people with PhDs, and they seemed more at ease in the academic environment than I did. I want to remain mindful of my own experiences of figuring out the hidden curriculum along the way to ensure I&#8217;m serving our full student community as best as possible, anticipating each person&#8217;s individual needs and responding to them in ways that allow them to lead fulfilling experiences at BU and beyond, always with a sense that they belong\u2014because they do.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gender Identity and Pronouns: Male, he\/him\/his<\/li>\n<li>Race, Ethnicity, and\/or Nationality: <span>White, US<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Hometown: <span>San Luis Obispo, CA<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Languages Spoken: English, French<\/li>\n<li>Business\/Industry of Interest: Art and Humanities, Social Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Personal Facts\/ Hobbies\/ Interests:\u00a0 <span>I&#8217;ve played and studied a number of musical instruments from around the world over the years. I began learning music on Scottish highland bagpipes, played flute and sax in high school (and I was a drum major in marching band) and a bit of Irish whistle along the way, and studied jazz and learned a bit of piano in college. After college I started learning oud, a lute from the Middle East, and in grad school took up the banjo, which has been my main musical interest in the past few years. I research popular music in northwest Africa and lived in Niger for a while for my studies. In Boston you might run into me at music shows or out hiking on trails around town and across New England.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ericjschmidtphd\/\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/contact\/\">BU Profile<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":18993,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/newbury-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/1678"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/newbury-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/newbury-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/newbury-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18993"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/newbury-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/1678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3832,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/newbury-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/1678\/revisions\/3832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/newbury-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}