Ep. 74: The Value of the Liberal Arts — Dr. Isiaah Crawford, President of the University of Puget Sound

Dr. Isiaah Crawford has been the President of the University of Puget Sound since July 2016.

His CV is long:

A licensed clinical psychologist who has been the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Loyola University Chicago as well as serving on the board of directors for Swedish Health Services (2010–12), AIDS Foundation of Chicago (1994–08; board president, 2004–06), and Horizons Community Center (1988–92). He is the former president of the Clinical Psychologists Licensing and Disciplinary Board of the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation, and previously served on the national advisory board of the Sexual Orientation and Gender Institute (2006–08), National Institutes of Health Panel Review–AIDS and Related Research (1999–2002), and various roles with the American Psychological Association.

Dr. Crawford is a black man in charge of a predominantly white higher-ed institution. One day I hope that won’t be worth mentioning, but in 2019, it still is.

The Rundown

3:00 The role of UPS in the community

6:00 What makes a liberal arts education important

11:00 What responsibility do liberal art colleges like UPS have in an increasingly authoritarian world?

16:00 Dr. Crawford’s vision for UPS

20:00 Let’s talk about pedagogy and instruction at the college level.

25:00 Let’s talk tuition and retention

30:00 Listener Questions

“All My Life I’ve Wanted to Be A Logger! Hack! Hack! Chop! Chop!”

The Wind Down