Kevin V. Mulcahy

Mulcahy's primary area of study focuses on cultural policy in the United States and abroad. In his book, America's Commitment to Culture, Mulcahy discussed the current state of arts funding in the U.S. and argued for the reorganization of the National Endowment for the Arts to include interdisciplinary panels for judging new grants in a system similar to that of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Mulcahy focused on American foreign policy, prior to initiating his primary study of cultural policy, in the footsteps of his mentor Cecil V. Crabb. Mulcahy and Crabb coauthored two books on the subject: Presidents and Foreign Policy Making: FDR to Reagan (1986), American National Security: A Presidential Perspective (1990), and several articles.

• Public Culture, Cultural Identity, Cultural Policy: Comparative Perspectives, (New York: Palgrave Macmillan 2017). Chinese edition (Shenzhen: Commercial Press 2017)
• America's Commitment to Culture: Government and the Arts, co-editor with Margaret J. Wyszomirski, and principal contributor (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1995).
• American National Security: A Presidential Perspective, co-author with Cecil V. Crabb, Jr. (Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole, 1990).
• The Challenge to Reform Arts Education co-editor with David-Pankratz (New York: American Council for the Arts, 1989).
• Presidents and Foreign Policy Making: FDR to Reagan, co-author with Cecil V. Crabb, Jr. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1986.) Included in "The Political Traditions in Foreign Policy Series" edited by Kenneth W. Thompson.
• Public Policy and the Arts, co-editor with C. Richard Swaim, and principal contributor (Boulder, CO; Westview Press, 1982).
• America Votes, co-author with Richard S. Katz (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall 1976); Japanese Edition, new introduction (Tokyo: Keibundo, 1979).

In 2002, Mulcahy was selected as the Fulbright Distinguished Chair of American Studies (The Laszlo Orszagh Chair) at the Budapest University of Economic Sciences and Public Administration. In 2009, Mulcahy served as the Fulbright Senior Specialist in Cluj, Transylvania, Romania at Babeș-Bolyai University.[1]

Mulcahy served the Louisiana State Legislature as a National Endowment for the Humanities Scholar-in-Residence. From 1980 to 1982, Mulcahy served as the Cultural Adviser to the Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives. From 1982 to 1984, he served as Chairman of the Louisiana House of Representatives Arts Advisory Committee where he coordinated three museums and three public agencies in placing artwork in the House of Representatives and coordinated the State Capitol and a National Historic landmarks. He continued serving on the committee from 1987 to 1992.[1] Mulcahy was named an Honorary State Legislator in 1982.

Mulcahy served variously as President, First Vice-President and member of the Arts and Sciences Faculty Senate. He had also served as a Faculty Friend for the LSU Honors College.[1]