Brett Crawford

25 years of professional arts management experience, both production and administration. Member Actors' Equity Association. Graduate degrees include MFA in Theatre Management, Ph.D. in Theatre History and Criticism, Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies.

Specialties: Audience Engagement, Communication, Technology, and the Arts, Organizational systems and sustainability, Human Resources and work management efficiencies, 20th century American Theatre, Women Producers in the 20th Century, Gender, Race, and Management.

She has presented invited lectures and workshops across the United States and internationally on marketing, audience engagement, audience development, business models and methods, technology and the arts, and production management to audiences including guests of the Department of State, Arts Presenters, the University of Helsinki, and the Center for Cultural Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Prior to coming to CMU, she served as an assistant professor and program director of the graduate Arts Management program at American University. She also taught arts management and theatre history at the University of Maryland, College Park, Towson University, Georgia State University, Auburn University, and LaGrange College.