Brett Crawford

Teaching Professor

Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • CONSULTING / ADVISORY
    Transitional Executive Director, Pittsburgh Public Theatre & Pittsburgh CLO
    1 Mar 2026
    The two organizations are consolidating operations while maintaining their operations. I am leading the merger, union negotiations, brand creation, staff transition, and asset allocations.
  • CMU COMMITTEE SERVICE
    Academic Integrity Process and Procedures Committee
    2 Sep 2025 - 19 Dec 2025
  • PROMOTION / TENURE ASSESSMENT
    Heinz College
    1 Sep 2025 - 31 Oct 2025
  • PROMOTION / TENURE ASSESSMENT
    University Libraries
    1 Jul 2025 - 31 Aug 2025
  • CMU COMMITTEE SERVICE
    Middle States Accreditation, Working Group 4
    5 Mar 2025 - 15 May 2027
  • CONSULTING / ADVISORY
    Molly Rice and Rusty Thelin, Realtime Arts
    1 Feb 2025 - 30 Jun 2025
    Executive Coaching through organizational growth
  • PROMOTION / TENURE ASSESSMENT
    College of Visual and Performing Arts
    1 Jun 2024 - 1 Aug 2024
  • CMU COMMITTEE SERVICE
    Chair, Faculty Organization Dues Task Force
    1 May 2024 - 6 May 2025
  • PROMOTION / TENURE ASSESSMENT
    Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University
    1 May 2024 - 1 Jul 2025
  • EVENT PARTICIPATION
    13 Mar 2024
    Nonprofit Technology Conference
  • PROMOTION / TENURE ASSESSMENT
    1 Jan 2024 - 8 Mar 2024
  • PROMOTION / TENURE ASSESSMENT
    15 Dec 2023 - 7 Mar 2024
  • EVENT PARTICIPATION
    21 Jun 2023
    Transformative Consumer Research (biennial - invitation only). Focus group: o Digital Transformation for Individual and Societal Well-Being in Cultural Experiences
  • EVENT PARTICIPATION
    20 May 2023
    Presented a paper at the American Alliance of Museums: Mapping the Museum DEAI Ecosystem (poster with presentation)
  • CMU COMMITTEE SERVICE
    OCSI Academic Integrity Process Revision
    1 Mar 2023 - 19 Dec 2023
  • OTHER SERVICE
    Graduate Standards Committee
    24 Dec 2022 - 1 Feb 2024
    Administration
  • EVENT PARTICIPATION
    Annual general meetings
    17 Nov 2022
    Duquesne Club, Lecture, "Demystifying NFT's and the Digital Art Market"
  • EVENT PARTICIPATION
    Conference
    21 Jul 2022
    Keynote: De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, Manila Philippines Annual Arts and Design Conference. "Arts Management and Technology: Emerging Trends"
  • EDITORSHIP
    MDPI
    1 Mar 2022
  • CONSULTING / ADVISORY
    FiberArts Guild,
    1 Jan 2021
    Strategic Plan
  • CONSULTING / ADVISORY
    Pyramid Atlantic
    1 Jan 2021
    Internship and Apprenticeship Program Design
  • CMU COMMITTEE SERVICE
    Academic Review Board
    1 Jan 2020
  • MEMBERSHIP
    Arts Education Strategic Planning Committee, Pittsburgh Public Schools
    1 Jan 2020