Isiaah Crawford Named New Provost At Seattle University

w/pic Seattle University recently announced that Dr. Isiaah Crawford has been appointed to position of Provost for Seattle University (SU), effective July 1, 2008. Since 2004, Crawford has served as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Loyola University Chicago where he is also a faculty member in the psychology department. As the Provost, Crawford, who will become the first person of color to be provost or chief academic officer at Seattle U., will oversee SU’s eight schools and colleges, the university library, the academic affairs department and enrollment services. Serving as the chief academic officer, Crawford will be a member of the university’s executive team and will report directly to the president. “We are very pleased to welcome Dr. Crawford to our university,” said SU President Stephen Sundborg, S.J. “He will lead the university in its strategic academic initiatives. His leadership and educational background embraces the Jesuit Catholic intellectual tradition and will help sustain academic excellence in support of our mission of educating the whole person.” Crawford has worked in higher education for 20 years, all of which have been served at Loyola University Chicago, a Jesuit university. He has taught clinical psychology since 1987 and was appointed dean of the College of Arts and Sciences in 2004, after serving as interim dean in 2003. Crawford earned his doctoral degree in clinical psychology from DePaul University in 1987. He is the board director of the American Conference of Academic Deans and the former president of the Clinical Psychologists Licensing & Disciplinary Board of the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation. Crawford has published more than 40 professional papers and has co-edited a book. His work has been nationally recognized with several awards, including two from the American Psychological Association.