Rate My Professor Hsin-Ching Wu

Dr. Hsin-Ching Wu serves as Assistant Professor of Arts Management and Director of the Graduate Certificate in Arts and Cultural Management at the College of Charleston. She holds a Ph.D. in Public Policy from the University of Massachusetts Boston, where her dissertation examined “The Role of Massachusetts Cultural Council in State Cultural Policy: Institutionalism, Policy Goals, and Perceived Outcomes in the Arts and Culture.” Additionally, she earned M.A. degrees in Arts Management and American Studies from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Prior to her current position, Dr. Wu taught for several years in the Master of Public Administration program at UMass Boston, advising students on capstone projects, and served as a postdoctoral research affiliate at New York University’s Performing Arts Administration Graduate Program. She also held collection management positions at the University at Buffalo art galleries and for the estate of gallerist David K. Anderson, son of Martha Jackson.

Dr. Wu’s research agenda focuses on the intersection of nonprofit arts and cultural management, public administration and policy, and social equity, encompassing cultural policy, cultural representation, place branding, e-governance, racial and ethnic disparities, and mixed methods research. Her background in American Studies particularly informs her interest in representations of diverse art forms and narratives in cultural institutions. Key publications include “Advancing a multi-actor model of artist-in-residence practice” (with K. Keeney) in Cultural Trends (2024), “The Evolution of Public Branding in the Digital Age: An Empirical Investigation of US Cities” (with A. P. Manoharan and L. Hohensinn) in International Journal of Public Administration (2024), “Three Cities on YouTube: E-Government’s Evolution through Content Creation” (with A. P. Manoharan) in International Journal of Public Administration in Digital Age (2023), “The Emerging Role of Artists in Co-Creation of Climate Adaptation” (with K. Keeney and C. Burgess) in Journal of Cultural Management and Cultural Policy (2022), and “The Art of Nation Branding – National Branding Value and the Role of Government and the Arts and Culture Sector” (with M. J. Ahn) in Public Organization Review (2015). Dr. Wu has earned the 2023 Best Paper by Emergent Arts Administration Educator Award from the Association of Arts Administration Educators, 2023 Faculty Research & Development Grant and 2022 School of the Arts Dean’s Excellence Award from the College of Charleston, and 2021 Founders Fellow from the American Society for Public Administration. She serves on the advisory committee of the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Arts, the board of Social Theory, Politics, and the Arts, and the editorial board of the International Journal of Regional Issues in the Arts, and has reviewed grants for the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County and the National Endowment for the Arts.