Jere T. Humphreys

Jere T. Humphreys (born March 26, 1949, Tennessee) is an American music scholar who applies historical, quantitative, philosophical, and sociological research methods to music education and arts business.

Humphreys holds a B.M. in music education from the University of Mississippi, an M.M. in clarinet performance from Florida State University, and a Ph.D. in music education from the University of Michigan.

He has received three research awards from the National Association for Music Education: an MENC Citation of Excellence in Research (1985), a Distinguished Service Award "for exceptional contributions to scholarship" from the MENC History Special Research Interest Group (2010), and the MENC Senior Researcher Award for lifetime achievement (2006), the highest research award in the field of music education.

Humphreys has been a professor in the School of Music at Arizona State University (ASU) since 1987.

Previously, he taught at West Virginia University and Huntingdon College (Montgomery, Alabama), and in the Mississippi public schools.

He has had a career as a lecturer, consultant, and presenter in 31 countries on six continents and 40 U.S. states.

He taught in the Georgia Governors Honors Program, was an academic specialist in Eastern Europe for the U.S. Information Agency (Department of State), and taught residential courses at Northern Illinois University, the University of South Florida, and the University of Michigan.

He held an endowed chair residency at the University of Alabama and completed residencies in universities outside the United States in Argentina, Bulgaria, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.

He has been an instructor and dissertation advisor for the Native American Educational Leadership Ed.D. program in the ASU College of Education and for the D.M.A. program in music education at Boston University.

Worldwide, he has been a dissertation and thesis advisor, committee member, and external reviewer for institutions in Australia, Eastern and Western Europe, and North and South America.

Altogether, he has advised 44 doctoral dissertations and two master's theses, including several university and national award winners.

He has been nominated for ASU Professor of the Year, ASU Distinguished Mentor of Women, and ASU College of Fine Arts Distinguished Teacher of the Year awards.

Humphreys has more than 175 publications and translations in nine languages (Arabic, Bulgarian, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, English, Greek, Macedonian, Mandarin, Spanish, Turkish), including chapters and articles in books and journals, the Grove Dictionary of American Music, and Sage Directions in Educational Psychology—a republication of works by leading scholars in educational psychology and measurement (e.g., Bruner, Chronbach, Glaser, Nunnally, Piaget, Rogers, Stanley, Robert Thorndike).

A Habitat for Humanity (HFH) volunteer since 1998, he has been a construction house/block leader (or co-leader) for 41 builds with HFH Central Arizona, Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter HFH Work Projects (including a rehabilitation project for Hurricane Katrina relief on the Mississippi Gulf Coast), and Blitz Home Builders.

He has participated in dozens of other HFH projects, including a Global Village build in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Humphreys is a Fulbright Senior Scholar (Macedonia 2002) and Fulbright Senior Specialist (Egypt 2010, Turkey 2015) who has presented 18 keynote and other major speeches worldwide.

As a member of the Senior Editorial Board and the contributing editor for music education for the second edition of the Grove Dictionary of American Music (Oxford University Press), Humphreys commissioned and oversaw the writing/revising/editing of approximately 350 articles related to music education and music therapy.

Beginning in 2002, he worked with HFH International founding president (the late) Millard Fuller to found HFH Macedonia, an award-winning affiliate that to date has helped more than 6,000 families.

He was also a section (part) editor and author for the Oxford Handbook of Music Education (2012 and 2018 editions).

He has served as editor of the Journal of Historical Research in Music Education and on the editorial committees of 16 education, music education, and music therapy research journals.

He has collaborated with the Morrison Institute for Public Policy and the U.S. National Endowment for the Arts (consultant); Greek Ministry of Education, European Union, and U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities (member of research teams); and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the U.S. Fulbright Specialist Program, World Learning (reviewer).

Humphreys has served as a university accreditation evaluator in Canada and held leadership positions in the College Music Society (Advisory Committee for Music Education), Fulbright Association Arizona Chapter (Board of Directors member and Co-President), Greek Society for Music Education (Scientific Advisor), International Society for Music Education (Financial Advisory Committee), MENC (Hall of Fame Board, Executive Committee for Society for Research in Music Education, Executive Committee for Society for Music Teacher Education, National Chair for History Special Research Interest Group, Chair for MENC Centennial History Symposium), University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance Alumni Society (Board of Governors), and others.

Outside of academia Humphreys served in the U.S. Army National Guard (rank: Specialist E-5).

For eight years he sat on boards of directors for the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona, where he served as vice-president for nominating and governance, vice-president for personnel, and chair of the Bylaws Committee.

In 2014, HFH Macedonia dedicated its first new building to Humphreys, six condominiums in Veles, Macedonia.

He continues as an honorary (fundraising) member of the Board of Directors.

In 2018, he received a Spirit of Philanthropy Award from the Association of Fundraising Professionals—Greater Arizona Chapter.