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NEA Discipline Directors
Sunil Iyengar directs the Office of Research and Analysis at the National Endowment for the Arts. In 2006, he oversaw production of the NEA research brochure, The Arts and Civic Engagement: Involved in Arts, Involved in Life, and he has since involved arts and civic groups in regional and national discussions of the study's findings and implications. He also revised and updated the guide How the United States Funds the Arts for its most recent edition (2007). In November 2007, Mr. Iyengar's office released To Read or Not To Read: A Question of National Consequence, a new and comprehensive analysis of reading patterns in the United States. The study continues the investigation of the NEA's landmark 2004 report, Reading at Risk. He also manages a national evaluation project for the Big Read. The Office of Research and Analysis is responsible for the U.S. Survey of Public Participation in the Arts and for routine dissemination of research notes on various arts topics ranging from performing artist income trends to classical music radio program access. Prior to joining the NEA in June 2006, he worked successively as a reporter, managing editor, and senior editor for a series of news publications covering the biomedical research, medical device and pharmaceutical industries. His book reviews have appeared in publications such as The Washington Post, New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, The American Scholar, The New Criterion, and Contemporary Poetry Review. He was a board member of the American Poetry & Literacy Project, co-founded by Andrew Carroll and the late Joseph Brodsky. Mr. Iyengar earned his B.A. in English from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
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