Eric Whitmer

Eric Whitmer is a third-year PhD student in musicology at the University of Michigan. Their research draws from the fields of disability studies and digital studies, and seeks to understand how and why people utilize music to make the world “better.” Eric was named a Gutsy Broad Fellow by the Center for the Education of Women+ at the University of Michigan for their research on accessible music education in Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand. Besides thinking and talking about music, Eric also plays music as a percussionist and carillonist, and is the Resident Carillonist at Grosse Pointe Memorial Church.