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Dr. Sue Crawford
Dr. Sue Crawford, Associate Professor, joined the Creighton faculty in 1995. She received a B.S. in political science from Northeast Missouri State University and earned a Ph.D. from Indiana University. She also studied research methods at the University of Michigan. Her dissertation on clergy participation in urban policy was supported by a fellowship from the Philanthropy Center, Indiana University, Indianapolis, and by funding from the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, Bloomington. She spent three years conducting research in Indianapolis for her dissertation and for her other studies of neighborhood policies with the Center for Urban Policy and the Environment.
Dr. Crawford teaches courses on public policy, public management, research methods, and American government. Her research focuses on the interplay of institutions, professions, and public policy. She has published articles in American Political Science Review, PS: Political Science and Politics, Research in Public Administration, Journal of Public Affairs Education, Non-Profit and Volunteer Section Quarterly, and the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. She is co-editor of Christian Clergy in American Politics, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001) and co-author of four chapters in this volume and co-author of a book on the political lives of women clergy with University of Alabama Press (forthcoming). She has recently received a grant from the Louisville Institute to begin a research project on the roles of religious partners in health coalitions.
Dr. Crawford serves on the editorial board for the Non-profit and Volunteer Sector Quarterly and for the Journal of Health Administration Education. She also serves on the faculty of the graduate program in International Relations. She lives in Bellevue with her husband, David, and two sons, Nathan and Philip.