Janette Whitmore

Dr. Whitmore is a contributing faculty member at Walden University in the School of Human Services, College of Psychology & Community Services. She earned her Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration: Educational Leadership and Graduate Education from Liberty University, along with master’s degrees in human service counseling and marriage and family therapy/community care and counseling, and a bachelor’s degree in psychology.

Dr. Whitmore has been working in the human service field since 1995. From a young age, she has been driven by a deep compassion to share genuine smiles, embrace diversity, be kind to others, and ask, "What can I do to help?" One of her favorite quotes is from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 book Strength to Love: “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, what are you doing for others?” Cherishing the core principles of the National Organization for Human Service, she vows to regard her colleagues and those she serves with utmost care, empathy, dignity, and respect, valuing them as human beings.

Dr. Whitmore holds current professional memberships with the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), American Counseling Association (ACA), American Psychological Association (APA), American Society of Administrative Professionals (ASAP), Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), Association of American Educators (AAE), and National Organization for Human Services (NOHS). Dr. Whitmore’s dissertation, “Feeling the Burn: A Phenomenological Study on Burnout Among Adjunct Professors at Higher Education Institutions,” has inspired her to continue researching occupational stress, anxiety, and burnout within higher education and other personal and professional spaces.

Courses Taught

HUMN 9001 - Dissertation

HUMN 6204 - Intergroup Relations

HUMN 6660 - Social Change, Leadership, and Advocacy for Human Service Professional Practitioners