Raymond Crossman

Dr. Crossman was appointed the fifth president of the Adler School of Professional Psychology in 2003. With his leadership, the School has implemented a plan to continue the pioneering work of the first community psychologist Alfred Adler, and in doing so, has realized a new vision, new academic programs and initiatives, and significant growth. Across the first eight years of his tenure, the institution has grown from 165 students to over 1,000 students and has begun a second campus in Vancouver. Dr. Crossman is a psychologist and family therapist. He has served as a professional psychology school leader and faculty member since 1992. He has taught courses, presented, written about, and developed programs and initiatives in professional psychology training, diversity education, family therapy and family diversity, and HIV disease prevention and coping. Dr. Crossman is a past president of the National Council of Schools and Programs of Professional Psychology and is a past chair of the Council of Chairs of Training Councils of the American Psychological Association. He received the Significant Professional Contribution Award from the Hawai'i Psychological Association. He serves as Commissioner and on the Executive Committee for the Commission on Accreditation of the American Psychological Association, and he serves on the Accreditation Review Council for the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. Dr. Crossman received his B.S. (Summa cum Laude) in Psychology / Fine Arts from Fordham University, he earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Temple University, and he studied at Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic. He and his partner, Christopher Bridges Dillehay, a designer and artist, live in the West Loop in Chicago.