Dr Maria Barrett

An academic and researcher in the fields of cultural sociology, cultural policy, and audience studies, Maria is currently Assistant Professor in the Centre for Cultural and Media Policy Studies at the University of Warwick, where she is Course Director for International Cultural Policy and Management. Previously she taught in the School of Performance and Cultural Industries at the University of Leeds, and prior to that was Head of Management degrees at Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, where she also led on Technology Enhanced Learning. Before coming to academia, Maria was an arts practitioner, entrepreneur and manager in the performing arts, and she has also been a theatre director and performer.