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    • Francie Ostrower, Ph.D.
    Francie Ostrower, Ph.D., RGK Center Professor of Public Affairs and Senior Fellow

    Francie Ostrower, Ph.D.

    Professor of Public Affairs and Fine Arts, Senior Fellow


    Francie Ostrower is  Professor in the LBJ School of Public Affairs and College of Fine Arts, Director of the Portfolio Program in Arts and Cultural Management and Entrepreneurship jointly sponsored by the College of Fine Arts and the LBJ School, senior fellow in the RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service, and Principal Investigator of the Building Audiences for Sustainability: Research and Evaluation study.
     

    Education
    Ph.D. in Sociology, Yale University

    Research Areas
    Arts and Cultural Participation
    Nonprofit Governance
    Philanthropy

    Teaching Areas
    Finance, Management and Leadership (including non-profits)

    Francie Ostrower is a professor in the LBJ School of Public Affairs and College of Fine Arts, Director of the Portfolio Program in Arts and Cultural Management and Entrepreneurship jointly sponsored by the College of Fine Arts and the LBJ School, and a senior fellow in the RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service. She is principal investigator of the Building Audiences for Sustainability Initiative: Research and Evaluation, a six-year study of audience-building activities by performing arts organizations commissioned and funded by The Wallace Foundation through a multi-million dollar grant. Prior to joining The University of Texas at Austin in 2008, she was a senior research associate at the Urban Institute and prior to that a sociology faculty member at Harvard University. Dr. Ostrower has been a visiting professor at IAE de Paris/Sorbonne Graduate Business School and is an Urban Institute affiliated scholar. She has authored numerous publications on philanthropy, nonprofit governance, and arts and cultural participation that have received awards from the Association for Research on Nonprofit and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) and Independent Sector. Her research has been supported by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Aspen Institute, among others. Recent professional activities include serving as a board member and president of ARNOVA and on the Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly board, and the academic advisory committee of Stanford Social Innovation Review.

    Recent Courses

    Spring 2020 - 58535 - PA 388L - Advanced Topics in Management - Nonprofit Management and Strategy

    Spring 2018 - 60860 - PA 388L - Advanced Topics in Management - Cultural Policy and Participation

     

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    Non-Profit Management and Governance
    Non-Profit Management
    Philanthrophy

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