William Crano

William Dean Crano (born 1942) is an American psychologist. He is the Oskamp Distinguished Professor of Psychology in the Division of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences (DBOS), Claremont Graduate University.

He has also written almost 200 peer-reviewed journal articles, in journals including Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Psychological Inquiry, Journal of Social Psychology, and AIDS Education and Prevention, and is the co-author of an article in Annual Review of Psychology, Volume 57, 2006. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) and Association for Psychological Science (APS).