Research Advisory Board
The SNAAP Research Advisory Board (RAB) is convened to provide expert guidance, strategic oversight, and field-based insights to inform and advance SNAAP’s newly created arts alumni research panel. Drawing from the expertise of social scientists, policy experts, arts administrators, artists, and scholars, the RAB will play a pivotal role in shaping the direction, content, and impact of SNAAP’s alumni panel research, with a particular focus on policy that can impact arts and design higher education and support for current workforce needs of arts alumni.
Research Advisory Board Members
Dean, Pacific Northwest College of Art at Willamette University
Jennifer Cole
Professor of Music Education, Associate Director for Faculty Affairs and Graduate Studies, University of Maryland School of Music
Kenneth Elpus
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Vanderbilt University
Alexandre Frenette
Assistant Professor of Arts Administration, Florida State University
Wen Guo
Director of Tax Policy, National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU)
Karin Johns
Senior Research Consultant
Maryann Kwakwa-Dafaallah
Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of Undergraduate Programs, Arizona State University
Nathan Martin
Deputy Executive Director at the Institute for Creativity, Arts and Technology (ICAT) and Professor in Engineering Education, Virginia Tech
Lisa D. McNair
Author; Executive Director of The Englert Theatre; Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Iowa
Andre Perry
Senior Program Director, Artists Thrive Activator, Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation
Heather Pontonio
Director of Artist Services, Mid-America Arts Alliance
Diane Scott
Assistant Professor of Arts Management, Ohio State University
Rachel Skaggs
Vice President of Research, Strada Educational Foundation
Nichole Torpey-Saboe
Founding Co-organizer of Art.coop and Head of Strategy at Pollinator.coop
Caroline Woolard
Associate Professor, O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington
