My name is Jason C. White, currently a PhD candidate in the Department of Arts Administration, Education and Policy at The Ohio State University with an expected defense date in Summer 2016. I am writing to request consideration as a participant in the Doctoral Consortium at this year’s upcoming USASBE conference. The call for
applicants requests doctoral students who have completed approximately two to three years of their PhD program, have finished coursework and are preparing a dissertation proposal focused on some area of entrepreneurship. Given my arts entrepreneurship-focused dissertation research agenda, I am confident that I would greatly benefit from both attending and gaining feedback on my research study via consortium activities.
The title of my dissertation study is The State of Arts Entrepreneurship in Ohio: Generating nascent data for informing entrepreneurship policy in creative and cultural industries. The study centers on discovering micro/ meso/macro level factors that influence new venture creation within specified artistic fields (i.e. arts-based ventures); an interdisciplinary research agenda largely undertaken in an effort to inform
entrepreneurship policy in creative & cultural industries. Scholars on entrepreneurship policy (Lundström & Stevenson) suggest that informed policy be based on research that evidences critical factors affecting the policy target, as well as existing opportunities to influence certain elements to produce desired outcomes. Within the context of the arts, entrepreneurship policy options may equate to the following government, community or artist-driven activities: activities focused on improving access to both arts-based venture support services and cultural arts funding (e-extension policy); activities that reduce barriers to entry and exit in creative and cultural industries (new firm creation or business start-up policy); activities focused on increasing entrepreneurial activity amongst specific groups of artistic, administrative and technical creative workers (niche entrepreneurship policy); activities which strengthen entrepreneurial culture, climate and capacity in regional creative & cultural sectors (holistic entrepreneurship policy).
Attached to this email are the requested materials for review and consideration. Please email me if any additional details or information is needed.
Thank you for the opportunity, Jason C. White
PhD Candidate, Cultural Policy & Arts Management The Ohio State University
Quick list of key field issues of interest
1. The lack of definitional consensus in the emerging field of arts entrepreneurship 2. The lack of data for evidencing characteristics, demographics, motivations and
strategies of entrepreneurs in artistic fields
3. The lack of data for evidencing both start-up activity, start-up density and survival rates of arts-based ventures across the United States
4. The lack of a conceptual framework for arts entrepreneurship research
Bio
Jason C. White is currently a PhD candidate in The Department of Arts Administration, Education and Policy, specializing in Cultural Policy & Arts Management. Jason is a published author, with recent acceptance into the Arts Education Policy Review for his upcoming article "Arts Students in Debt: Concerns, Consequences and Interventions". In addition Jason serves as an Assistant Editor for the Journal of Arts Entrepreneurship Research [http://jaer.ncsu.edu] and an Associate Editor for the Journal of Arts
Entrepreneurship Education [http://jaee.ncsu.edu/]. Prior to attending The Ohio State University, Jason attended The University of Akron, obtaining both an MA in Arts Administration and a M.Ed. in Assessment & Evaluation.
Curriculum Vitae JASON C. WHITE
EDUCATION
Ph.D. candidate Defending 6/2016 The Ohio State University
Cultural Policy & Arts Management
MA 2013 University of Akron, Arts Administration
M.Ed. 2013 University of Akron,
Assessment & Evaluation
BFA 2004 California Institute of the Arts, Acting Experience in Higher Education
2015-2016 The Ohio State University, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Arts Management & Entrepreneurship
2013-2015 The Ohio State University, Research Assistant, Arts Administration
2011-2013 University of Akron, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Arts Administration
Experience Outside Higher Education
2013-2015 Strive Partnership at Knowledgeworks Foundation, Arts Education Consultant, Cincinnati, OH
2012-2013 Co-Producer, The Dance: The History of American Minstrelsy, Cincinnati, OH
2012-2013 Artworks Cincinnati, Arts Education Consultant, Cincinnati, OH 2010-2011 Habitat for Humanity, Development Assistant, Cincinnati, OH 2009-2011 Bi-Okoto Drum & Dance Theater,
Grant and Marketing Coordinator, Cincinnati, OH
2004-2013 InThaCut LLC, Playwright/Producer/Actor, Cincinnati, OH Fellowships and Honors
2015 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, The Ohio State University 2013 Lawrence & Isabel Barnett Fellowship, Barnett Center for
Integrated Arts & Enterprise, The Ohio State University 2012 Golden Key National Honor Society, Akron Chapter
2012 University of Akron Externship, Summit Community Action Agency
2011 Graduate Assistantship, University of Akron, Arts Administration 2011 Featured Graduate Student, Board of Directors, University of
Akron Research Support
2015-2016 $20,000 Awarded Carol Ann & Ralph V. Haile/ U.S. Bank Foundation 2015-2016 $20,000 Requested Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Publications
• Peer reviewed works
White, J. C. (2015). Arts Students in Debt: Concerns, Consequences and Interventions. Arts Education Policy Review, (in press).
White, J. C. (2015). Toward a Theory of Arts Entrepreneurship Education. Journal of Arts Entrepreneurship Education, 1(1), 4-23.
White, J. C. (2013). Barriers To Recognizing Arts Entrepreneurship Education As Essential To Professional Arts Training. Artivate, 2(3), 28-39.
Presentations
• Conference (non-juried/refereed)
The State of Arts Entrepreneurship in Ohio. Graduate Research in Art Education Conference. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (accepted). 10/23/15.
Assessing Entrepreneurial Learning in Arts Entrepreneurship Programs. Society for Arts Entrepreneurship Education (SAAE). Barnett Center for
Integrated Arts and Enterprise The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (accepted). 10/16/15.
The State of Entrepreneurship in Ohio Creative & Cultural Industries. United States Institute of Theater Technology. Duke Energy Center, Cincinnati, OH. 3/21//2015.
Collins, K., Mcintosh, G., Hoyle, A., Guo, W., Sarkar, K., Manjon, S., White. J.C. Interdisciplinarity in Collaboration: Graduate Student Think Tank at The Ohio State University. Arts Business Research Symposium. Bolz Center for Arts Administration. University of Wisconsin, Madison. 3/12/2014. • Conference presentations submitted
The State of Arts Entrepreneurship in Ohio. United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE). Developmental Paper Track. San Diego, CA. 1/9/2016.
• Conference panels
Emerging Voices: Directions for the Field. (Moderator). Society for Arts Entrepreneurship Education (SAAE). Barnett Center for Integrated Arts and Enterprise. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. 10/17/15. Emerging Voices: Directions for the Field. (Moderator). Society for Arts
Entrepreneurship Education (SAAE). Barnett Center for Integrated Arts and Enterprise. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. 2/23/14. Notable Creative Achievements
• Productions
The Dance: The History of American Minstrelsy; KAOS Cinefreestyle Theatre (CA), Chaffey College (CA), Pomona College (CA), California Institute of the Arts (CA), Bronx Academy of Letters (NYC), Richmond Shepard Theatre (NY), Assumption College (MA), The School for Creative and Performing Arts (OH), 2008 Cincinnati Fringe Festival (OH), Northern Kentucky University (KY). 2004-2013.
• Awards and Honors
2009 Special Documentary Feature for Black History Month (YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pONVYmELkhk
2008 Special Recognition for Outstanding Performance, Cincinnati Fringe Festival
2007 Nomination for Best Ensemble Production, Best Director, LA Weekly Awards
2007 Best Playwright for the Year, NAACP, Hollywood Chapter 2005 Life and Times, KCET TV,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP4dIXDIhd0 • Artist Talks
Film Screening and Conversation of The Dance, The History of American Minstrelsy. California African American Art Museum (CAAM). Los Angeles, CA. 2/14/15.
Guest Speaker. Dominion Middle School. Facilitated a conversation in Drama Class on American Minstrelsy. Columbus, OH. 2014.
Service to the Department and Profession
2015 Volunteer Host Committee Member, SAEE Conference, The Ohio State University, 10/16/15.
2014 Assistant Editor, Journal of Arts Entrepreneurship Research 2014 Associate Editor, Journal of Arts Entrepreneurship Education Associations/Memberships
Society for Arts Entrepreneurship Education, Founding Member College Music Society, Student Member
National Society of Experiential Education, Student Member International Council of Fine Arts Deans, Conference Regular American Evaluation Association, Student Member
References
Sonia B. Manjon, PhD Director, Barnett Center for Integrated Arts and Enterprise, 614-292-0273
Gary D. Beckman, PhD Director of Entrepreneurial Studies in the Arts, NC State University, 919-515-1637
Margaret J. Wyszomirski, PhD Professor, Arts Administration, Education and Policy, The Ohio State University, 614-292-7183 Timothy Maloney President, Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile
Foundation, 513-632-4385
