Heather Crowley joined MPC’s History Department in 2025, where she teaches a variety of classes on American and European history. She holds a Ph.D. in History from Cardiff University (UK) and an M.A. in History in Art from the University of Victoria (Canada), where she also completed her undergraduate studies. Her research focuses on the twelfth- and thirteenth-century Eastern Mediterranean, examining the crusader states and nearby Muslim polities. She is excited to join Gentrain as its director in 2026 and looks forward to the future of the program.