Dr. Nancy Crewe, Professor Emeritus, has been with the program since 1987. She has over 25 years of experience as a rehabilitation psychologist and as a faculty member at the University of Minnesota Medical School and the Rehabilitation Counseling Program at Michigan State University. Dr. Crewe’s primary research interests have included functional assessment in vocational rehabilitation and long term psychosocial adjustment following spinal cord injury.

Dr. Crewe is a Licensed Psychologist and Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC) and has served as the President of the Division of Rehabilitation Psychology of the American Psychological Association. She is a co-author of Psychology of Disability and of Independent Living for Physically Disabled Persons and has published numerous articles and book chapters.

Dr. Crewe received the 1981 Licht Award for Excellence in Scientific Writing from the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, the 1990 Distinguished Service Award from the American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Psychologists and Social Workers, and the 1990 Distinguished Member Award from the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. She received the Distinguished Faculty Award from Michigan State University in 1997, the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association Research Award (1998), the Roger Barker Distinguished Research Contributions Award (2001) from Division 22 of the American Psychological Association, and the Distinguished Career in Rehabilitation Education Award (2004) from the National Council on Rehabilitation Education.