Kenneth Crews is the Samuel R. Rosen II Professor in the Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis and in the IU School of Library and Information Science. He is also Associate Dean of the Faculties for Copyright Management, and in that capacity he directs the Copyright Management Center based at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI).

Dr. Crews is widely published and his recent 2006 book, Copyright Law for Librarians and Educators, published by the American Library Association, is a highly instructive overview of copyright law. 

Dr. Crews has been an invited speaker on college and university campuses and at conferences in 39 states, D.C., and 7 foreign countries. Crews was during 2003 the Intellectual Property Scholar for the Center for Intellectual Property and Copyright
in the Digital Environment, University of Maryland University College, and he currently serves as a faculty member for the Munich Intellectual Property Law Center.

Dr. Crews was recently honored as the American Library Association's 2005 recipient of the L. Ray Patterson Award: In Support of Users' Rights.

Dr. Crews states, "My philosophy about copyright is the same as about a hobby: If I cannot reveal that it is intriguing, fun, relevant, and filled with surprises, I am not doing my job."