by Elizabeth McClearn
In early October I had the good fortune of presenting original research along with Professor Ximena Varela at the 33 rd Annual Conference of Social Theory, Politics and the Arts, (STP&A) held this year at New York University.
Disciplines represented at this international conference vary from law and arts education to economics and management, but STP&A is generally lauded as the foremost conference for cultural policy and the arts. Typically reserved for professionals and researchers, our panel was comprised of the few students presenting at STP&A, including recent Arts Administration graduate Melissa Buchanan who presented her thesis, Arts Administration student Zeek Weil, and Music Industry student Joshua Erickson, who presented on the role of marketing new technology to college students.
Professor Varela and I presented Research Based Audience Development: Targeting University Students, an extension of the ongoing College Audience Participation Project first conducted in Professor Varela's Fall 2006 Audience Development class. The findings of the survey were discussed here in Winter 2007.
Speaking at an international conference is surprisingly fun, and it's a superb occasion to meet with other people in the field and to hear the latest and most progressive research.
Elizabeth McClearn is a current student in Drexel's Arts Administration graduate program, and is an intern for the Arts & Culture Service at WHYY.
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