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Dr. Sean Crossland

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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 6410

Foundations and Contexts of Higher Education, Summer 2026

EDHE 6960R

Higher Education Leadership Capstone, Summer 2026

EDHE 6440

Leadership in Higher Education, Summer 2026

EDHE 6960R

Higher Education Leadership Capstone, Spring 2026

EDHE 6200

Higher Education Leadership Capstone Project, Spring 2026

Presentations

Crossland, Sean , Wong, Annabel (Co-Presenter), Schnaubelt, Thomas (Co-Presenter), Array, Array , Pathways of Social Impact A Series to Unpack Higher Education for the Public Good, "Pathways of Social Impact_ Higher Education for the Public Good Book Launch", Campus Compact, webinar. (October 28, 2026)

Crossland, Sean , Baker, Aaliyah , Diaz, Agustin , Pathways of Social Impact A Series to Unpack Higher Education for the Public Good, "Theoretical, Empirical, and Critical Reflections", Campus Compact, Webinar. (April 14, 2026)

Crossland, Sean , Brummett, Will , Compact26, "Pathways of Social Impact_ Higher Education for the Public Good", Campus Compact, Chicago, IL. (March 16, 2026)

Crossland, Sean , Shiu, Ray , Tafolla, Andrea , Wiseman, Alyssa , Pathways of Social Impact A Series to Unpack Higher Education for the Public Good, "Pathways of Social Impact_ Current Uses", Campus Compact, Webinar. (February 19, 2026)

Crossland, Sean , Oyewole, Kemi , Valente, Summer , Bingham, Cassie , Terra, Luke , Wong, Annabel , Pathways of Social Impact_ A Series to Unpack Higher Education for the Public Good., "Pathways of Social Impact_ Current Uses", Campus Compact, Webinar. (February 11, 2026)

Crossland, Sean , Wong, Annabel , Shastry, Nairuiti , Morde, Lisa , Moon, Mike , Sedlacek Lee, Renee , Pathways of Social Impact A Series to Unpack Higher Education for the Public Good, "Pathways Practitioner Profiles", Campus Compact, Webinar. (January 15, 2026)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Crossland, Sean , (2025) "Pathways of Social Impact_ Higher Education for the Public Good" . Stylus Publishing.

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

EDUC 6200

Masters Project, Spring 2022

EDUC 691R

Project I, Spring 2022

EDUC 692R

Project II, Spring 2022

EDUC 693R

Project III, Spring 2022

EDUC 6110

Applied Statistics for Education, Fall 2021

EDUC 6110

Applied Statistics for Education, Fall 2021

Hubler, Romy (Co-Presenter), Crossland, Sean (Co-Presenter), Compact 25, "Building a Community Engagement Infastructure_ Pathways of Public Service and Civic Engagement", , Campus Compact, Atlanta, Georgia. (April 2, 2025)

Crossland, Sean (Presenter & Author), Worley, Sarah (Co-Presenter), Bingham, Cassie (Co-Presenter), Price, Katie (Co-Presenter), Shiu, Ray (Co-Presenter), Compact 25, "Pathways of Social Impact_ Higher Education for the Public Good", , Campus Compact, Atlanta, Georgia. (March 31, 2025)

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)

Westover, Jonathan (Moderator), Valente, Summer (Panelist), Bingham, Cassie (Panelist), Crossland, Sean , Sertler, Ezgi (Panelist), 2024 Conference on Community-Engaged Scholarship and Teaching, "Exploring the Intersections of Social Impact, Systems Thinking, and Equity-Centered Design", , Transforming Communities Institute - Utah State University, Moab, UT. (February 9, 2024)

Crossland, Sean , Westside Leadership Institute, "Leadership Styles", , Westside Leadership Institute, Glendale Mountain View Community Learning Center. (November 16, 2023)

Crossland, Sean , Snow College Pedagogy Conference, "Social Impact Pathways", , Snow College Teaching & Learning Center, Ephraim Utah. (November 4, 2023)

Crossland, Sean (Presenter & Author), Symposium on Shared Governance, "Shared Governance Good, Democracy Better", , David R. Keller Chapter of the AAUP/AFT, UVU Faculty Senate, UVU Pace, and the Center for the Study of Ethics, Utah Valley University. (March 29, 2023)

Crossland, Sean , Diversity, Equity, and Student Success, "Community Learning Partnership's Grassroots Civics Initiative_ Reimagining Institutional Commitment", , American Association of Colleges and Universities, Henderson, NV. (March 10, 2023)

Crossland, Sean (Presenter & Author), Carnegie Webinar Series, "Carnegie Section 12_ Pathways for Student Development and Learning through Community Engagement", , Collaboratory, virtual. (February 7, 2023)

Crossland, Sean P (Presenter & Author), Dissertation Dish, "On Becoming a People’s College_ An Appreciative Inquiry", , LEAD California, virtual. (October 11, 2022)