MPA, University of Washington, 2002

Office: CMU 251B
Email: avcrofts@uw.edu
Blog: http://pepperforthebeast.blogspot.com/

Anita Verna Crofts, Lecturer, is interested in the creative ways new media allow societies to share and leverage information for social change. Her courses at the Master of Communication in Digital Media include: individual and collective leadership in the digital age, social tools for social change, and design considerations in a digital world. Her writings on the intersection of food and culture explore the preservation of food traditions in post-conflict societies as a means of sustaining community identity. She currently collaborates with partner institutions in Sudan, Namibia, and India on trainings that address leadership, management, and policy development, with her contributions targeted at the concept of storytelling as a leadership and evidence tool. Anita is a German Marshall Memorial Fellow and Thomas J. Watson Research Fellow.

Selected Publications

Crofts, A.V. “Silver Lining: Building a Shared Sudanese Identity Through Food.” Gastronomica, (Winter 2010) 10(1): 110-116.

“Vision for Change: Partnering with Public Health Leaders Globally.” Building Leadership Bridges, ILA Press, November 2008, (with Nancy Campbell, Nicola de Paul, Aaron Katz, and Elisabeth Mitchell).

Crofts, A.V. “Surviving Genocide: Stories from the Northwest.” Colors Northwest Magazine (April 2005).