Expertise

Areas of Interest:

  • Cultural economics, policy and administration
  • Nonprofit organizations
  • Tax policy
  • Current research concerns cultural districts and tax policy towards nonprofit organizations and charitable donations

As a professor, Dr. Michael Rushton’s expertise and teaching is in the economics, management, and public policy of the arts. His publications include articles on such topics as public funding for the arts, the role of nonprofit organizations, taxation, copyright, freedom of expression, and the arts and local development.


Areas:

  • Public Finance & Economics
  • Nonprofit Management & Philanthropy
  • Local Governance
  • Civil Society, Civic Engagement & Volunteering
Past Affiliations

Director, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Associate Professor, Department of Public Management and Policy, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University (past)

Associate Professor, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Associate Professor, International Center for Public Policy, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University (past)

Senior Associate, International Center for Public Policy, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University (past)

Associate Professor, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University Bloomington

Director, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University Bloomington

Fiscal Research Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University (past)

Communities
Environmental Policy, Management, Public Administration
Degrees
PhD, University of British Columbia, 1990
MA, University of Western Ontario, 1981
BA, University of British Columbia, 1980