Meet Dr. Sharron J. Crowder
Sharron J. Crowder, PhD, RN, ATSF, FAAN is a Clinical Associate Professor at Indiana University School of Nursing with teaching expertise in health policy and advocacy. She is nationally known for her development of seven innovative models to empower nursing students, faculty, and healthcare providers in clinical practice for health policy and advocacy roles. Exemplars of programs she created and coordinates include the IU School of Nursing Legislative Fellowship, AARP-IUSON Legislative Fellowship, IU School of Nursing Specialty Fellowship, and Eagles Health Policy Mentoring Program.
Dr. Crowder is also the Assistant Dean for Health Policy Initiatives at the IU School of Nursing. In that role, she supports the IU School of Nursing dean with health-positive initiatives. She uses her expertise to assist faculty in integrating policy and advocacy into curriculums throughout the IU School of Nursing degree programs. The Bridge: IUSON Faculty Health Policy Mentoring Program is a model she created to advance faculty integration of policy and advocacy into career endeavors. She also engages with the Indiana University Government Relations State and Federal staff on behalf of the IU School of Nursing and spearheads the school's involvement with the Indiana General Assembly. Dr. Crowder fosters the school’s involvement with key health policy stakeholders and organizations to address state and national health and nursing profession issues.
Dr. Crowder’s leadership extends to various health policy and advocacy arenas. She was a 2019-2020 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Health Policy Fellow, participating in a one-year Washington D.C. residential program. Her placement was with the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Education and Labor, Congressman Bobby Scott, Chair. Several of her current national leadership roles are Chair of the Health Policy Committee, American Thoracic Society (ATS); Director of the Leadership and Policy Mentoring Fellowship, Association of Black Nursing Faculty (ABNF); and Co-Coordinator of the RWJF Health Policy Fellows Faculty Network.
Dr. Crowder’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing is from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Masters of Nursing from Emory University, and PhD from Indiana University.