While he has aspirations to become a published author, Whitman is a twelfth-year educator who has a Master of Arts in English, a Bachelor of Arts in Secondary Education with an emphasis in English 6-12, and a Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing, as well as an endorsement in English to Speakers of Other Languages from Wichita State University. He is presently the president of the Kansas Association of Teachers of English and the Region 5 Representative for the National Council of Teachers of English Standing Committee on Affiliates. Furthermore, he is a co-founder of the Voices of Kansas electronic journal for students published by the Kansas Association of Teachers of English and currently serves as a section editor for the journal. He is also the recipient of a 2014 Kansas Horizon Award for exemplary achievement within the first year of teaching.
N. Grant Whitman 