Jennifer Wheary

As a Senior Fellow at Demos, Jennifer Wheary is researching the future of demographic change and its impact on economic opportunity in the U.S.

Jennifer is the author of the latest report Measuring the Middle: Assessing What It Takes to Be Middle Class. She has written numerous op-eds and articles that have been published in LA Daily News, The San Diego Tribune, Denver Post, NY Daily News, and Newsday.

Prior to joining Demos, Jennifer worked in the academic, non-profit and private sectors. She designed and launched a successful online science journal, co-founded an adult literacy program, helped build a new business division at an Internet advertising startup and was director of interactive research for the largest Spanish-language media company in the U.S.. Jennifer consults regularly with media organizations around the country on demographics and audience research. She holds a B.S. from Cornell University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Follow Jennifer on Twitter @edteachpolicy.