Dr. Rachel Shane is the department chair and a professor of Arts Administration at the University of Kentucky. She oversees three of the department’s degree programs as well as the graduate certificate in fundraising and development and professional development offerings. Prior to joining the UK faculty, Dr. Shane served as department head and professor of arts administration at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), where she established the arts administration department and grew it to the fourth-largest graduate program at the college. She was also the managing director of the Elm Shakespeare Company in New Haven, Conn., served as the associate director of education at the Delaware Theatre Company, and served as the Theatre for Young Audiences tour director and theatre summer camp director for the Hippodrome State Theatre in Gainesville, Fla.