Dr. Kent Crossley graduated from Brigham Young University with a BS in Exercise Science-Athletic Training and an MS from Northeastern Illinois University in Exercise Science-Cardiac Rehabilitation. He then worked in the Health and Fitness Industry for almost two decades, managing and owning his own health and fitness business.
Dr. Crossley began his teaching career at Salt Lake Community College, where he taught in their biology and fitness technician programs. After several years of teaching, Kent earned his Doctorate in Exercise Sciences-Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. While working on his doctorate, he took a human gross anatomy course that required dissection. His love of the human body began to take shape, and his desire to work as a professor of human anatomy was realized.
His first job out of his doctorate program landed him at Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions, teaching human gross anatomy to any program that needed anatomy and even some that didn’t. Kent helped develop the new human cadaver lab and the digital lab in the tower, which he calls his second home. Maybe it’s because of the view!
Born and raised in Soda Springs, Idaho, Dr. Crossley is the oldest of four siblings. Some of his hobbies are gardening, mowing his lawn, grilling, learning to smoke meat, and spending time in the yard with his wife.