Russ Crawford is Professor of history at Ohio Northern University. He graduated from Chadron State College with a BA in History in 1985, and again in 1991 with a BS in Social Studies Education. He taught high school in South Dakota and Iowa. He received his MA in History in 2000, and his Ph.D. in 2004 from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

He has published two books: The Use of Sports to Promote the American Way of Life During the Cold War: Cultural Propaganda, 1945-1963 (2008) and Le Football: The History of American Football in France (2016). 

He is currently searching for a publisher for his third book on women playing American football around the world.

Courses taught:

U.S. to 1877
U.S. since 1877
Football History
Sport and Society
Women's Sport History
Digital History
Oral History
Local History
World War II
The Civil War 
East Asian History