Dr. Brett Ashley Crawford

Dr. Brett Ashley Crawford is a Teaching Professor of Arts Management at Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy. She co-authored the award-winning Entrepreneurial Arts and Cultural Leadership: Traits of Success in Nonprofit Theatre (Intellect, 2025) with Bonnie Fogel and Raising the Curtain: Technology Success Stories from Performing Arts Leaders and Artists (Wiley, 2024) with Paul Hansen.

 

Dr. Crawford has worked extensively as a professional arts manager, primarily in theatre, and as a professor in both arts management and theatre history. The highlights of her private sector work include serving as Managing Director of three institutions: Imagination Stage, an arts education and professional theatre located in Bethesda, MD, Rep Stage in Columbia, MD, and St. Bart’s Playhouse in New York City.   She has held myriad independent management, marketing and consulting engagements in theatre, film, and arts festival work in PA, NY, GA, TN, TX, and MD.

 

She currently serves as the executive director for the Arts Management and Technology Laboratory, a Research Center in Heinz College. AMT Lab serves the field through active research and engagement into the technology solutions artists and institutions are utilizing in their workdays and public programs. Recent national research studies include Using Artificial Intelligence to Increase Engagement with Public Art and Emerging Digital Pathways for Fundraising.