Oliver S. Crocco, Ed.D.

Associate Professor
School of Leadership & Human Resource Development

Contact

111H George Peabody Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803

(225) 578-5751
olivercrocco@lsu.edu

Education

Doctorate of Education
Human and Organizational Learning
The George Washington University; Washington, DC; 2018

Master of Education
Human Development and Psychology
Harvard University; Cambridge, MA; 2012

Bachelor of Arts
Theology
Whitworth University; Spokane, WA; 2008

Curriculum Vitae

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Biography

Dr. Oliver “Ozzie” Crocco is an Associate Professor of Leadership and Human Resource Development at Louisiana State University. Previously, Dr. Crocco was a Lecturer of Human and Organizational Learning at the George Washington University in Washington, DC and a Lecturer and Head of International Campus Life at Payap University in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

During four years of living and working in Thailand, Dr. Crocco collaboratively developed a certificate program in organizational development offered to community-based organization workers in Myanmar and along the Thailand-Myanmar border. He has also delivered workshops, lectures, and conference presentations in a variety of countries, such as Ireland, Malaysia, Morocco, Myanmar, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand, the UK, and Vietnam. He serves as a Special Lecturer at Chulalongkorn University and an Academic Advisor for a new Master’s in International Human Development at Universiti Malaya.

Dr. Crocco’s research focuses on leadership and human resource development (HRD) in Southeast Asia and the Pacific, adult development, organization development and change in community-based organizations, workforce development, global mindset, coastal community resilience and coastal preservation, and indigenous HRD. Most recently, he has been interested in exploring the intersection of these areas with coastal and environmental issues. His book, Developing Human Resources in Southeast Asia, explores the regional HRD ecosystem in Southeast Asia. He was elected to the Academy of Human Resource Development Board of Directors (2021–2024) and currently serves as an Associate Editor for Human Resource Development Review and the Journal of Tropical Futures, as well as on the editorial boards of Human Resource Development International, Advances in Developing Human Resources, and Industrial and Commercial Training.