Richard Maloney

Richard G Maloney, PhD, FRSA is a Clinical Associate Professor and Director of the Performing Arts Administration graduate program at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development; and an Affiliated Faculty member of the Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University.  He teaches courses in performing arts administration, cultural and creative industries, research methods, and cultural policy.  

Dr. Maloney’s research has been supported by the National Endowment for the Arts and published by the Brookings Institution and the European Journal of Cultural Management and Policy.  His primary research interests are local cultural policy and professional doctoral education.  His most recent work -- a co-edited book titled “Innovative Pedagogy in Cultural Management Education” -- was published by Routledge, 

Dr. Maloney is Co-Editor of the “ENCATC Advances in Cultural Management and Policy” book series, (Routledge).  He also serves on the Advisory Boards or Scientific Committees of four international cultural management and policy journals.  He is a member of the jury for the ENCATC Research Award, given annually to the best dissertation in the field of cultural management and policy. 

Early in his career, Dr. Maloney studied classical guitar and played rock guitar and keyboards in bands throughout the Boston (US) area.  Since that time, he has focused on the medieval, renaissance, and baroque lute and has performed in dozens of early music concerts.  Before entering academia, Dr. Maloney worked as an arts administrator for the Boston Early Music Festival, the Boston Camerata, and the New England Conservatory.

Dr. Maloney serves on the board of directors of the arts advocacy organization Mass Creative and the Featherstone Center for the Arts (US).  Previously, Maloney served six years on the board of directors of ENCATC and the Association of Arts Administration Educators (AAAE).  He is a Fellow of the Royal Society for Arts in the UK (FRSA).

Dr. Maloney holds a BA in European History, a BM in Professional Music (music business and jazz guitar), a Graduate Diploma in Early Music Performance (lute), a MS in Arts Administration, and a PhD in Law and Public Policy.