Divya Janardhan, Ph.D.
Email: dijanard@ttu.edu
Phone: 806.834.7717
Office: Maedgen Theatre 251
Dr. Divya Janardhan is Assistant Professor of Arts Administration, Management, and
Advocacy and the Area Head of Arts Administration at the Talkington College of Visual
and Performing Arts. Her duties include overseeing the Fine Arts Doctoral Program’s
Arts Administration track, and the MFA Theatre Arts – Arts Administration Program.
As an interdisciplinary scholar, Dr. Janardhan’s research lies at the intersection
of arts management, cultural policy, and the creative industries with topics spanning
cultural policymaking and stakeholder interests, media-induced tourism, creative placemaking,
economic impact, and organizational policy and performance research.
Dr. Janardhan teaches arts administration and cultural policy courses for the Fine
Arts Doctoral Program and the MFA Theatre Arts Administration Program, and an arts
community engaged learning tandem course for graduate and undergraduate levels. Her
expertise includes curricular innovation and leadership in the case teaching method,
besides field experience in the areas of strategic planning and marketing.
Dr. Janardhan’s research articles appear in prestigious journals including the International Journal of Arts Management; Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society;
American Journal of Arts Management; and Journal of Knowledge Management. Her research accolades include those conferred by The International Association of
Arts and Cultural Management (AIMAC); the Social Theory, Politics, and the Arts (STP&A)
conference; and the Association for Cultural Economics International (ACEI). She has
been an invited peer reviewer and discussant at international research forums, an
invited speaker on global platforms including the National Gallery of Modern Art and
Lalit Kala Akademi – both national cultural organizations under the Indian Ministry
of Culture, and an invited reviewer for the Association of Arts Administration Educators’
(AAAE) Cultural Policy Graduate Curriculum Standards. Dr. Janardhan serves on the
Editorial Board of the American Journal of Arts Management and the Scientific Committee Cuadernos de Economía de la Cultura (Notebooks of Cultural Economy) - an international multidisciplinary journal out
of the University of Seville, the STP&A Conference Board of Directors, and the Advisory
Board of the Flatlands Dance Theatre in Lubbock, TX.
Dr. Janardhan is a trained classical performing arts vocalist in the Carnatic tradition
and has acquired visual arts training under Balan Nambiar – one of India’s leading
contemporary artists and research scholars. Dr. Janardhan was awarded a Ph.D. in Cultural
Policy and Arts Management and a graduate minor in Public Policy and Management from
the Ohio State University, besides additional qualifications in the areas of Arts
Administration, Advertising & Marketing, and Media & Communications.
Degrees Held
Ph.D. in Cultural Policy and Arts Management, The Ohio State University, Columbus
Graduate Minor in Public Policy and Management, Glenn College of Public Affairs, The
Ohio State University
M.S. in Arts Administration, Drexel University, Philadelphia
P.G.D. in Advertising and Marketing, Xavier Institute of Communications, St. Xavier's College, Mumbai
B.A. in Media and Communications, Bangalore University, Bangalore
Publications
Janardhan, D. (2026). Cultural Equity Policy: An Emerging Paradigm in Equity-based Policymaking. Cuadernos de Economía de la Cultura. Forthcoming.
Janardhan, D. (2026). Rebuilding the Cultural Management Curricula: An Interdisciplinary Approach.
In Innovative Pedagogy in Cultural Management Education (pp. 83-100). Routledge.
Janardhan, D., & Gibbs, A. (2026). ROCO: Aligning Perceptions and Reality. American Journal of Arts Management, 14(3), 1.
Janardhan, D. & Wang, Y. (2025). Exploring Set-Jetting: A State-of-the-art Review of the Research Domain. Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society, 1-20.
Janardhan, D. (2024). Learning from Real-world Arts Marketing Narratives: Utilizing the Case Teaching Method
in Graduate Arts Marketing Pedagogy. American Journal of Arts Management, 12(4).
Vakharia N., Vecco M., Srakar A., & Janardhan D. (2018). Knowledge centricity and organizational performance: an empirical study of the performing
arts. Journal of Knowledge Management. 22(5).
Vakharia N. & Janardhan D. (2017). Knowledge-centric arts organizations: Connecting practice to performance. International Journal of Arts Management, 14-31.
Janardhan D. & Vakharia N. (2014). Toward a knowledge-centric arts organization. American Journal of Arts Management, September.
Department of Interdisciplinary Arts
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Address
School of Theatre & Dance Building | Box 45060 | 2812 18th Street STE 222 | Lubbock TX 79409 -
Phone
806.742.0700