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1 Steven J. Tepper 429 Robertson Hall Princeton, NJ Phone: (609) Fax: (609) EDUCATION Ph.D., Sociology. Dissertation Title: Culture, Conflict and Community: Struggles Over Art, Education and History in American Cities M.A., Sociology. General Examinations with Distinction Harvard University M.P.P., John F. Kennedy School of Government The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill B.A., International Relations, Latin America CURRENT EMPLOYMENT Deputy Director, Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, 1998 to present. Direct the planning and administration of national center designed to improve research and discourse about the nation s artistic and cultural life through graduate student training, policy research, academic meetings, and the development of data resources for the field. Lecturer, Department of Sociology and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, 2001 to present. RESEARCH INTERESTS Cultural policy and public and private support for the arts and humanities; policy communities and knowledge transfer; literacy and reading in America; community, public space and civil society; heritage and preservation; culture, education and community conflict; innovation policy. PUBLICATIONS Journal articles: 2003 (forthcoming). Setting Agendas and Designing Alternatives: Policy Making and the Strategic Role of Meetings. Review of Policy Research Creative Assets and the Changing Economy. Journal of Arts Management, Law and Society, Vol. 32, No. 2, "Foreign Objects in Familiar Spaces: The Public s Response to Art-in-Architecture." International Journal of Cultural Policy, Vol. 6, No. 2,

2 2000. "Reading in America: Why do Women Read More Fiction?" (2000). Poetics: Journal of Empirical Research on Culture, the Media and the Arts, Vol. 27, No. 4, Groups or Gatherings: Predicting Voter Turnout in 19 th Century American Cities. With Jason Kaufman. Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, Vol. 10, No. 4, Book chapters: Conflicts Over Art and Cultural Expression in American Cities: A National Overview in The New Gatekeepers: Free Expression and the Arts, edited by Andras Szanto, Columbia University, National Arts Journalism Program Public Opinion and Politics in Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World, by Christensen, Karen and David Levinson (General Editors), Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Research reports and book reviews: Review of Informing Cultural Policy: The Research and Information Infrastructure by J. Mark Schuster, Journal of Cultural Economics (forthcoming) The Measure of Meetings: Forums, Deliberation and Cultural Policy, with Stephanie Hinton. Working Paper 27, Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies. Princeton, NJ Culture, Conflict and Community: Rituals of Protest or Flairs of Competition. Working Paper 23, Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies. Princeton, NJ Policy and Historic Preservation: A Preliminary Research Agenda. Occasional Paper, Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies. Princeton, NJ From Words to Action: Do Meetings Matter for Cultural Policy? Reader: Ideas and Information on Arts and Culture. Seattle: Grant Makers in the Arts "The Culture Wars: A Reassessment." Policy Briefing for the Center for Arts and Culture. Art, Culture and the National Agenda. Washington, DC Why Do Women Read More Fiction? Working Paper 6, Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies. Princeton, NJ Making Sense of the Numbers: Arts Participation in America. Working Paper 4, Princeton University Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies. Princeton, NJ. Books Chronicles of the Bicentennial Observance of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina.

3 Steven J. Tepper, continued. Page 3 INVITED TALKS The Arts In America: A Pastiche of Empirical Research Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, St. Louis. May Understanding the Policy Effectiveness of Meetings. Pew Charitable Trusts Symposium, Pocantico Retreat Center, NY. January Measuring the Creative Economy. Center for Arts and Culture, Washington, DC. December Cultural Conflict in American Cities: A Profile of Contestation. Workshop on Cultural Conflict in the Contemporary U.S., Princeton, NJ The Changing Landscape of American Museums in the 21 st Century. Charlotte Museum of History, Charlotte, North Carolina. September Art in Public Spaces: The Role of the Federal Government. Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies Workshop, Princeton, NJ. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Research, Policy and Preservation: What Can We Learn from Social Science? Social Theory Politics and the Arts, Charleston, SC A Comparative Analysis of Cultural Conflict in 48 U.S. Cities. Eastern Sociological Society Meeting, Philadelphia, PA Conflict Over RAVE s in Chicago: Moral Panic or Risk Aversion? Social Theory Politics and the Arts, San Francisco, CA Conflict over Art and Cultural Expression in American Cities: A Comparative Approach. Urban Affairs Association Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA The Culture Wars: A Reassessment. Social Theory Politics and the Arts, Washington, DC Groups and Gatherings: Sources of Political Engagement in 19 th Century American Cities with Jason Kaufman. Association for Research on Nonprofit and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA), University of Washington, Seattle. RESEARCH PROJECTS 2002 to present. Innovation in American Theatre. Principal Investigator. Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies (supported by the Theatre Development Fund).

4 Steven J. Tepper, continued. Page Meetings that Matter: An Investigation into the Role of Meetings in Advancing Cultural Policy; Co-Principal Investigator. MEM Associates (supported by the Pew Charitable Trusts) Raves in Chicago Case Study of Conflict Over Youth Culture. Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies (supported by the Rockefeller Foundation) Assessing the Learning and Policy Outcomes of a National Arts Meeting. The National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, Washington, D.C COURSES Creativity, Innovation and Society., Department of Sociology; undergraduate course, SOC 214, Spring Communications, Decency and Children: Government's Role in Protecting Youth from Violence and Pornography. Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs; undergraduate task force, 401a, Fall Elites, Leadership and Society, preceptor for Suzanne Keller,, Department of Sociology; undergraduate course, SOC Introduction to Statistical Analysis, senior teaching assistant for Richard Light, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government; graduate-level course. PAST EMPLOYMENT Charlotte Museum of History, Charlotte, NC; guest curator and special adviser to the President, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, MA; consultant, Served as senior adviser to the Academy on a new initiative for the humanities and culture. Henry Luce Foundation, New York, NY; consultant, Participated in the Art and Religion in American Life project as a primary researcher and as conference rapporteur. National Humanities Center, Research Triangle Park, NC; consultant, Drafted a situational analysis examining the Center s core mission, its image and the quality and extent of its networks and relations within North Carolina. Confederation Centre for the Arts, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada; consultant, Drafted a policy analysis examining the Centre s role in Canadian national cultural policy. Blumenthal Foundation: 50th Anniversary Initiative, Charlotte, NC; consultant, Designed the William C. Friday Fellowship in Human Relations a new program for emerging leaders in North Carolina.

5 Steven J. Tepper, continued. Page 5 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Bicentennial Observance, Chapel Hill, NC; Executive Director, (Associate Director, ). Designed, organized and executed the University s largest ever public relations and communications effort. Hired and managed 20 full time staff, recruited thousands of volunteers and oversaw more than 100 public events and scholarly and artistic programs. RECOGNITION AND AWARDS Andrew Mellon Foundation Affiliate in Cultural Policy, Academic Distinction, Department of Sociology Graduate Fellowship, National Science Foundation Honorable Mention Teaching Fellow, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government Board of Trustee Resolution of Commendation, UNC-CH Chancellor s Award for Distinguished Service, UNC-CH Order of the Golden Fleece, oldest and highest honorary society, UNC-CH Order of the Grail for academic and extracurricular achievement, UNC-CH Order of the Old Well for service to the community, UNC-CH Fulbright Scholar Finalist SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY Executive Board, Association of Cultural Economics, International (elected 2003) Advisor, American Communications Foundation ( ) Member, Center for Arts and Culture National Network (1998-present)

University of Southern California Hayward R. Alker Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for International Studies,

University of Southern California Hayward R. Alker Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for International Studies, JORDAN BRANCH Department of Political Science Box 1844, 36 Prospect Street Providence, RI 02912 jordan_branch@brown.edu CURRENT POSITION Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, 2012 present