Ethel Crane is an Instructor of Nursing in the Derry Patterson Wingo School of Nursing at Charleston Southern University.

She received her bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her masters of science in psychiatric nursing from the Medical University of South Carolina. She is certified and a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Adult Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing.

She teaches psychiatric nursing, health promotion and assists in leadership. She is a member and officer in Sigma Theta Tau and maintains several professional memberships.