Janice Shaw Crouse, Ph.D.,

Janice was honored by being "Woman of the Year" for Centers For Decency in 2007.   Janice Shaw Crouse, Ph.D., Senior Fellow at the Beverly LaHaye Institute, the think tank for Concerned Women for America, is a recognized authority on sex trafficking, the United Nations, U.S. domestic issues, as well as national and international cultural, children's and women's concerns. She has twice served the President as an official delegate to the United Nations (2002 and 2003). She serves on five national Task Forces and Coalitions on national and international issues: Against Sexual Trafficking, Against Abuse of Women, Against Childhood Obesity, Promoting Human Rights, and Promoting Religious Freedom. The Heritage Foundation nominated her for the 2003 Bradley Prize for her influence on contemporary issues.

During the first Bush Administration, she was a Presidential Speech Writer, authoring major presidential policy addresses. Currently, she is a columnist for United Press International. In addition she writes regularly for Townhall.com and HumanEvents.com. Her opinion editorials and columns appear in major newspapers across the nation as well as in journals and magazines - including The Washington Post, The Washington Times, Insight, Christianity Today, First Things and USA Today. She appears on all the major television networks -- ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX News, C-SPAN, MSNBC, and CNN -- as a commentator on contemporary events and as an expert on issues like sex trafficking and how cultural influences are robbing children of their childhood. She attends and writes daily commentaries on United Nations meetings and national political conventions. She has been featured in numerous publications, including Congressional Quarterly. She has authored scholarly and think-tank publications and Congressional Testimony. Prior to the White House, Dr. Crouse wrote for the Honorable Louis W. Sullivan, Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) where she coined the phrase, "Healthy Start."

She is frequently a guest lecturer on college campuses -- including most recently Princeton, Harvard, Tulane, Erskine, Asbury, and Georgetown -- and at United Nations related conventions like the World Congress of Families III in Mexico City, at the commemoration of the International Year of the Family in Kuala, Lumpur, and most recently at WCF IV in Warsaw in May, 2007. She is author of Gaining Ground: A Profile of American Women in the Twentieth Century. The book that she co-authored, A Different Kind of Strength, was a Conservative Book of the Month selection in 2000 and has been printed in two foreign editions. Her next book, A Woman's Path to True Significance will be released in June, 2007. The just released 3-volume compendium, The Family in the New Millennium, includes a chapter by Dr. Crouse.

Dr. Crouse was selected to launch CWA's think tank in May 1999 in recognition of the need for a conservative organization solely devoted to conducting quality research on contemporary issues. Believing in the unity of truth, the Institute recognizes the power of good data and analysis to inform and substantiate policy positions. Before coming to BLI, Dr. Crouse was President of Crouse Communications, a public relations and political analysis firm serving organizations in the United States and throughout the world. Dr. Crouse also directed the work of the Ecumenical Coalition on Women and Society, a project of the Institute on Religion and Democracy.

Previously, Dr. Crouse was Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs at Taylor University where she directed the work of a 94-member faculty. Among other duties, she was also responsible for faculty development and academic programs. She was formerly Professor and Debate Coach at Asbury College and at Ball State University where she was selected as a mentor teacher and her debate team was ranked in the top ten nationally. She received a National Community Leadership Award from the United States Chamber of Commerce. She is a former Woman of the Year and is listed in Who's Who Among American Women. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of Asbury College. She is also a member of the Board of Directors for Good News.

The National Press Club's compendium of experts describes Dr. Crouse as having "brought insight, keen perception and wisdom to domestic, family, political and women's issues since the early 1990s as a Presidential speechwriter for Bush 41, United Nations delegate, think tank fellow, television commentator, speaker, author and columnist. Her common sense, refreshing honesty and intriguing perspective on cultural and political issues expose spin to reveal truth in a way that has earned respect and made her a popular cultural analyst. Known for applying her strong intellect and articulating her solid faith with candor and humor, she is a conservative leader who appeals across ideological and religious barriers."

CWA Honored as Modern Day Abolitionists (4:12)
At a recent State Department ceremony, Dr. Janice Crouse, Senior Fellow with the Beverly LaHaye Institute, accepted an award honoring her work with CWA on behalf of sex trafficking victims. Dr. Crouse has more on this special recognition.

ISSUES: family and children, marriage, religion and public life, abstinence and out-of-wedlock births, the presidency, faith-based and volunteer initiatives, poverty and dependence, human rights, United Nations, women's issues, welfare reform.