Colin Crawford

Colin Crawford serves as Dean and Professor of Law at the William H. Bowen School of Law, appointed in July 2023. He previously held deanship roles at law schools in Louisville, Kentucky, and San Francisco, California. Prior to academia, he was a tenured faculty member at Tulane University, where he held the Robert C. Cudd Professorship of Environmental Law and directed the Payson Center for International Development. At Georgia State University College of Law, he founded the Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth and secured a USAID grant to enhance environmental law education in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Education:

• B.A. in History, Columbia University (1980)
• M.A., Cambridge University (1984)
• J.D., Harvard Law School (1988)

Research & Teaching: Focuses on environmental and land use justice with a comparative/international lens. Teaches Real Property Law and land use/environmental courses, often incorporating global perspectives. Designed foreign study programs in Brazil, Cuba, Panama, and Switzerland. Fluent in Portuguese and Spanish.

Awards & Affiliations:

• Fulbright Scholar (Instituto Tecnologico de Santo Domingo)
• Santander Chair of Excellence (Carlos III University, Spain)
• Max Cade Visiting Professor (Bucerius Law School, Germany)

Labs/Teams: Directed centers such as the Payson Center and the Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth. Collaborated with institutions like the Stone Center for Latin American Studies and the National School of Public Health in Rio de Janeiro.