Dr. Elise Lael Kieffer
Dr. Kieffer serves as Program Director and Assistant Professor of Nonprofit Leadership Studies at Murray State University. She also serves as Executive Director of the Nonprofit Resource Center, providing technical support for nonprofit organizations across West Kentucky. She is the president of the Association of Arts Leadership Educators (SALE) and sits on the Board of Directors for Social Theory, Politics, and the Arts. She serves on the strategic planning committee for NACC (Nonprofit Academic Centers Council) and on the editorial board of JNEL (Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership). She holds a PhD in arts administration from Florida State University, an MPA from Tennessee State University, and a BFA from Jacksonville University (FL). Her research focuses on developing capacity at nonprofit arts organizations serving rural communities and improving communication between rural arts organizations and public funding agencies. Her consultation practice focuses on inter-sector collaboration. Her current project, Rural Arts Management, is a textbook to be published by Taylor & Francis in 2024 (co-authored with Dr. Jerome Socolof). She is published in Business Issues in the Arts, Local Government in Small-town America, Journal of Nonprofit Innovation, American Journal of Arts Management, International Journal of Lifelong Learning in Art Education, and the International Journal of Social, Political, and Community Agendas in the Arts. She lives in Murray, Kentucky, with her husband and two sons, who think it's funny to call her Dr. Mommy.
Email: ekieffer@murraystate.edu
Courses with CCSA
Course list prior to Summer 2017 available by request from CCSA offices.Winter 2024-25 — Arts Management: Insights from London’s Cultural Institutions