Brett Ashley Crawford
Brett teaches Theater Management in the School of Drama, offering students an opportunity to understand how the business works and why, from nonprofit regional theaters to Broadway to entrepreneurs and creators. She also teaches CFA-wide courses on technology and the arts.
Brett is an Associate Teaching Professor at Carnegie Mellon University and runs the Arts Management and Technology Laboratory, a research center investigating arts management and how technology impacts the arts. Her research interests focus on the arts across many areas: management, audience engagement /user experience, technology, health, and sustainability. Most recently she published RAISING THE CURTAIN: TECHNOLOGY SUCCESS STORIES FROM PERFORMING ARTS LEADERS AND ARTISTS with co-author Paul Hansen.