Annie Bares

Annie Bares is a manager, insights and analytics on the Learning & Evaluation team. In this role, she supports the Foundation’s ongoing learning and informs grantmaking strategies through analysis, evaluation, and research.

Prior to this role, Annie was a postdoctoral fellow at SMU DataArts, where she partnered with funders, government agencies, and arts service organizations on research related to equity in the arts workforce and trends shaping the sector. Before DataArts, she worked for AEA Consulting in research, strategy, and planning for arts and cultural organizations. She has also taught courses in literature and film at the University of Texas at Austin and cultural policy at Teachers College, Columbia University.

She holds a B.A. in English Literature from Rhodes College and an M.A. and Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of Texas at Austin.