- married to Mickey Wilkins Wilhite with two kids, and 2 grandchildren (Hud and Halle)
- have a dog, Poppy (white Miniature Schnauzer)
- taught 28 years in Shelby County Schools and Arlington Community Schools
- originally from Louisiana
- BA in History with a minor in French from Louisiana Tech University
- MS in East European Studies from Florida State University
- EdS in Social Sciences and Education from Florida State University
- attended Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary in Boston
- studied French at the Centre de Linguistique Appliquée in Besançon, France
- studied French Film and Literature under Nazi Occupation at a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute in Paris and Caen, France
- studied Africa in World History at a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute at Michigan State University
- studied Islam in West Africa while traveling in Ghana and Guinea with a Fulbright Grant
- studied Religious Literacy in Schools at Harvard Divinity School Summer Institute
- received the Tennessee Humanities Teacher of the Year Award in 2000
- traveled to the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, France, and Spain in Europe
- traveled to Guinea, Liberia, and Ghana in West Africa
- traveled to China, South Korea, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia in Asia
- traveled to Canada in North America (Quebec, Ontario, Alberta, and British Columbia)
- enjoy visiting National Parks across America & Canada
- favorite novels: Cutting for Stone, Toss of a Lemon, Count of Monte Cristo, and all of the Harry Potter series
- drove a '73 Super Beetle from 1982 - 1995
- saw Antonio Banderas at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris
- Engaging Eurasia Fellow with the Davis Center at Harvard University, 2021-2022 school year
- travel bucket list: Istanbul, Israel, Egypt, South Africa, Kenya/Tanzania, Mali, Morocco, Isfahan, India, Alaska, Newfoundland & Labrador, Iceland, Scandinavia, Greece, Scotland, Ireland, New Zealand, Brazil, Patagonia, Manchu Picchu, & Oaxaca, Mexico