Ruth Ann Stewart
Clinical Professor of Public Policy

Ruth Ann Stewart joined the Wagner School faculty in September 2003 with a specialization in cultural policy and the role of the arts in urban revitalization. She formerly taught at Rutgers University's Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy where she was also affiliated with the Center for Urban Policy Research. Prior to joining the academy, Professor Stewart was an associate director and the senior policy analyst in arts, humanities, and social legislation at the Congressional Research Service, the research and analysis arm of the U.S. Congress. Daniel J. Boorstin appointed her Assistant Librarian of Congress with responsibility for the library's education and cultural programs after senior management positions in New York at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and The New York Public Library. Professor Stewart is a member of the Research Advisory Council of the Washington-based cultural policy think tank, the Center for Arts and Culture, and founding co-editor of the Rutgers University Press cultural policy series, The Public Life of the Arts. Professor Stewart received an M.S. degree from Columbia University, and completed the Harvard Business School arts management program and the senior government executive program at the Kennedy School of Government.











Contact Details

ruth.ann.stewart@nyu.edu
212.998.7480
Office Hours: On leave Spring 2013
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Areas of Expertise

  • Education
  • Management
  • Politics
  • Public & Nonprofit Orgs.
  • Social Policy
  • Urban Planning
  • Urban Policy

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