Douglas Noonan

Doug Noonan is the Paul H. O’Neill Professor at the O’Neill School at IUPUI. His research focuses on a variety of policy and economics issues related to the cultural affairs, urban environments, neighborhood dynamics, and quality-of-life. His research has been sponsored by a variety of organizations (e.g., National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, National Endowment for the Arts) on topics like policy adoption, environmental risks, energy, air quality, spatial modeling, green urban revitalizations, and cultural economics. He joined the O’Neill School in 2013 after spending more than a decade on the faculty at the School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech. He is currently the co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Cultural Economics, co-founder and Faculty Director IU Center for Cultural Affairs, and co-director of the Arts, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation Lab.

Education

• Ph.D., Public Policy, University of Chicago, 2002
• M.A., Public Policy, University of Chicago, 1999
• B.A., International Studies, University of Washington, 1995

Professional Experience

• Associate Professor, School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008–2012
• Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2002–2008
• Instructor, Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago, 1998–2002

Highlights

• Faculty Director, IU Center for Cultural Affairs (2018–present)
• Co-Principal Investigator, Arts, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation Lab, National Endowment for the Arts (2018–22)
• Co-Principal Investigator, “Enhancing Community Resilience to Floods: A Theoretical Framework of Community Participation in Federal Voluntary Programs,” National Science Foundation (2016–18)
• Chair, Urban-Serving Universities section of the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA) (2016–present)
• Board member, Association of Cultural Economics International (2014–20) and co-Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Cultural Economics (2017–present)
• Science Advisory Board, Environmental Justice Technical Panel—U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2012–2016)