{"id":38126,"date":"2018-06-28T16:13:09","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T20:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=38126"},"modified":"2026-02-02T22:05:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T03:05:26","slug":"jerry-whitmore-jr","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/profile\/jerry-whitmore-jr\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerry Whitmore, Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>Dr. Jerry Whitmore, Jr., is an assistant professor in higher education administration at Boston University Wheelock College of Education &amp; Human Development. His scholarly work focuses on the scholarship of higher education, educational history, leadership, and sociology. He is the lead researcher of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/fairstudentloans\/\">FAIR Student Loans project<\/a>, which works on fostering accessibility and inclusive reform in student loan forgiveness.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Previously, Dr. Whitmore was a UW-Madison faculty associate who designed leadership and mentoring activities along with a course (HHMI grant funded) helping first-year, first-generation, and underrepresented minority undergraduate students succeed in science\/STEM.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"profile-section-label\">Recent News<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/articles\/2026\/scholarly-accomplishments-february-2026\/\">Scholarly Accomplishments, February 2026<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/articles\/2025\/rethinking-student-debt-for-fairer-futures\/\">Rethinking Student Debt for Fairer Futures<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/articles\/2025\/making-student-loan-programs-fair\/\">Making Student Loan Programs Fair<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/articles\/2025\/bu-wheelock-scholarly-accomplishments-february-2025\/\">Scholarly Accomplishments February 2025<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/articles\/2024\/we-need-another-moment-for-our-time\/\">Brown v Board of Education: \u201cWe Need Another Moment for Our Time\u201d<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/articles\/2024\/promoting-equity-and-diversity-in-the-classroom\/\">Promoting Equity and Diversity in the Classroom<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/articles\/2023\/3-benefits-of-a-masters-degree-in-higher-education-administration\/\">3 Benefits of a Master\u2019s Degree in Higher Education Administration<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/magazine\/articles\/2022\/hot-button-topics-responsive-leaders\/\">Hot-Button Topics, Responsive Leaders<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/articles\/2020\/bu-wheelock-announces-fall-2020-faculty-award-winners\/\">BU Wheelock Announces Fall Faculty Award Winners<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<h3>In the Media<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2025\/12\/21\/business\/umass-campus-culture-classrooms-politics-college\/\">Universities Are in the Spotlight. So What Is It Like in a UMass Politics Class Right Now?<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":14229,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/38126"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14229"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/38126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81579,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/38126\/revisions\/81579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}