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. As an interdisciplinary scholar, her 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, economic impact
analysis, and organizational policy and performance research.
Dr. Janardhan teaches arts administration and cultural policy courses for the Fine
Arts Doctoral Program and the MFA in Theatre Arts - Arts Administration Program, and
an arts outreach service-learning tandem course for graduate and undergraduate levels.
Her expertise includes curricular innovation and leadership in the case teaching method
and field experience from strategic planning, marketing, and advertising.
Dr. Janardhan’s 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 speaker on global platforms including the Lalit Kala Akademi
– India's National Academy for the Visual Arts, an invited peer reviewer and discussant
at international arts administration and cultural policy conferences, an invited reviewer
for the Association of Arts Administration Educators’ (AAAE) cultural policy graduate
curriculum standards, and part of the 2023 global inaugural cohort of AAAE’s prestigious
NEA grant-funded Mentorship Program. Dr. Janardhan serves on the editorial boards
of the American Journal of Arts Management and OIKOS/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 domain areas of
Arts Administration, Advertising and Marketing, and Media and 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. (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.
Teaching Case
Gibbs A. & Janardhan D. (2018). ROCO: Aligning perceptions and reality.
An arts management and branding case on the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra in Houston,
TX.
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