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Sean Crossland

Faculty Member

Dr. Sean Crossland

Biography

Sean Crossland is an Assistant Professor of Higher Education Leadership at Utah Valley University. Sean focuses much of scholarship on the public purpose of higher education, community engagement, and community organizing. He earned a PhD in Educational Leadership and Policy from the University of Utah, MA in Community Leadership from Westminster College, and BA in Psychology from Iowa Wesleyan College. Sean has experience teaching with undergraduate and graduate community engaged courses at a community college, a research-intensive flagship university, and a liberal arts teaching college. Sean has administrative experience in community engagement and student leadership.

Education

PhD, University of Utah, 2020

Major: Educational Leadership & Policy

MA, Westminster University, 2011

Major: Community Leadership

BA, Iowa Wesleyan, 2007

Major: Psychology

Teaching

EDHE 696R

Higher Education Leadership Capstone, Spring 2025

EDHE 6200

Higher Education Leadership Capstone Project, Spring 2025

EDHE 6440

Leadership in Higher Education, Spring 2025

Presentations

Crossland, Sean , 2025 AAC&U Annual Meeting, "Community Colleges & Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement_ A Qualitative Exploration", American Association of Colleges & Universities, Washington, D.C.. (January 23, 2025)
Paterson, J (Panelist), Pearl, D (Panelist), Aravamudan, N (Panelist), Crossland, Sean (Panelist), Utah Engaged Faculty Retreat, "Engaged Journal Editor Panel", Utah Civic & Community Engagement Network, Heber, UT. (September 14, 2024)
Crossland, Sean , Community Through Connection, "Community Through Connection", Utah College Learning Center Association, Orem, UT. (May 31, 2024)
Crossland, Sean (Co-Presenter), Phaup, Emily (Co-Presenter), Compact 24_ Now is the Moment - Higher Education Civic & Community Engagement as the Way Forward, "Pathways of Public Service & Civic Engagement Networking Meeting", Campus Compact, Denver, CO. (April 9, 2024)
Westover, Jonathan (Moderator), Valente, Summer (Panelist), Bingham, Cassie (Panelist), Crossland, Sean (Panelist), Sertler, Ezgi (Panelist), Munz, Stevie (Panelist), Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, & Letters 2024 Annual Conference, "Panel Discussion_ Exploring the Intersections of Social Impact, Systems Thinking, and Equity-Centered Design", Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, & Letters, University of Utah. (March 23, 2024)
Crossland, Sean , igniting the power within_ nurturing unity and compassion in education, "Pathways of Social Impact_ A Framework for Cultivating Student Interest, Agency, and Care for Social Impact", Utah National Association for Multicultural Education, West Valley City, UT. (February 24, 2024)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Crossland, Sean P, (2023) "On Becoming a People’s College_ Placemaking as Hidden Curriculum" (Issue: 2, vol. 34). Towson, MD: Metropolitan Universities. https://doi.org/10.18060/26445
Crossland, Sean P, "Institutional Transformation for Civic Capacity" . Community Learning Partnership - Grassroots Civics Initiative.
Crossland, Sean , "Institutional Transformation for Civic Capacity" . Community Learning Partnership - Grassroots Civics Initiative.

Awards

Service-Learning Superstar

Center for Social Impact - March 1, 2024

Each month during the academic year, the Center for Social Impact recognizes the fantastic work of service-learning faculty members on campus and in the community with a monthly Service-Learning Superstar Award.