Dr. Jerome Socolof
Dean, Professor, Arts Management, Fine and Performing Arts

- jerome.socolof@mcla.edu
- Phone
- (413) 662-5118
- Office
- Bowman Hall 318
Education
- Ph.D., The Ohio State University
- M.A., The Ohio State University
- B.M., SUNY Potsdam
Courses Taught
- AMGT 130: Intro to Arts Management
- AMGT 245: Arts & Culture Marketing
- AMGT 255: Financial Management in Arts & Culture
- AMGT 340: Performing Arts Management
- AMGT 385: Legal Issues in Arts & Culture
- AMGT 440: Advanced Performing Arts Management
An administrator, researcher, and educator, before joining MCLA Jerome was an Assistant
Professor of Arts Administration at University of Houston-Downtown and an Adjunct
Instructor of Arts Leadership at the University of Houston. In addition to working
in higher education he has worked for Ash Lawn Opera and the Lake George Music Festival,
and he also maintains a busy schedule as a grants panelist and consultant. Jerome’s
research work focuses on the use of outreach programs as engines of public value by
non-profit organizations and arts administration in rural communities. Jerome holds
a BM in Music Business from SUNY Potsdam and both an MA in Arts Policy and Administration
and a PhD in Art Education with a concentration in Cultural Policy and Administration
from The Ohio State University.
