As a scholar with the WHO Collaborating Center for nursing, Dr. Crooks is engaged in integrating global health competencies into pre-licensure and graduate nursing curricula. She also has experience developing leadership capacity in interprofessional health care teams that practice in low resource countries. Recognized for her creativity in the classroom and her innovative use of distance accessible approaches to teaching, she is a sought after speaker and consultant in the area of nursing and interprofessional education.