Trevor Meagher

Trevor Meagher is an Assistant Professor of Arts Administration in the Department of Art Education at Florida State University. His research explores the evolving role of arts organizations in contemporary society, focusing on cultural policy, arts advocacy, creative placemaking, and cross-sector collaboration. He received his PhD in Public Administration and Public Policy as well as an MPA from the University of Texas at Arlington, and he holds a Bachelor of Music Performance with minors in Arts Management and Arts Administration from Southern Methodist University.

He regularly attends academic conferences and has presented at the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action’s annual conference, the Public Management Research Conference, and the Social Theory, Politics, and the Arts conference, among others. He has published in Voluntas, the Journal of Philanthropy, and The Future of Charity Marketing (edited by Mitchell & Hyde), and his work has been featured by the Nonprofit Academic Centers Council. At the 2025 Association of Arts Administration Educators conference, he received the award for Best Paper by an Emerging Arts Administration Educator.

Before joining FSU, Trevor held professional roles at Southern Methodist University, UT Arlington, the Coppell Arts Center, and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.