Patricia Lambert is Associate Professor and Director of the University of Oregon’s Arts and Administration Program, as well as Director of the program’s affiliated research center, the Center for Community Arts and Cultural Policy. Her main research areas include comparative cultural policy, regional cultural planning and development, arts in healthcare management, and arts administration education. She has published articles in Higher Education, the International Journal of Arts Management, the International Journal of Cultural Policy, the Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society, Studies in Art Education, and Arts & Health, and an edited book titled Managing Arts Programs in Healthcare is forthcoming from Routledge. Patricia holds a bachelor’s degree in vocal performance from Indiana University, master’s degrees in international business (Vienna) and arts management (Salzburg), and a Ph.D. in arts policy and administration from The Ohio State University.