[8] She was raised on the East Coast of the United States and graduated high school in Long Island, New York before attending Wheaton College (Massachusetts) She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor's in European history,[9] and in 1972 she began working on her doctorate in social psychology at Boston University.
[8] Faye Crosby is currently a professor of Psychology in the Social Sciences Division of University of California, Santa Cruz(UCSC).
Crosby currently teaches Psyc 100: Research Methods as well as Cowell 138A: The Place of Higher Education in a Democratic Society at UCSC.
Crosby also won the APA Division 35 Carolyn Wood Sherif award in 1996[13] which recognizes female leaders and teachers who have positively impacted the field of psychology.
[14] She is also the recipient[15] of the Sherrie Spendlove Prize of University of California Merced which recognizes incredible work and dedication in the field of social justice.