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'''Heidi R. Lewis''' is an American scholar of [[Feminist theory|feminist theory]] and politics with an emphasis on [[Black feminism|Black Feminism]]. She is the [[David and Lucile Packard Foundation|David & Lucile Packard]] Professor of Feminist & Gender Studies at [[Colorado College]] {{citation required|date=April 2024}}, and president of the [[National Women's Studies Association]] (NWSA).
'''Heidi R. Lewis''' is an American scholar of [[Feminist theory|feminist theory]] and politics with an emphasis on [[Black feminism|Black Feminism]]. She is the [[David and Lucile Packard Foundation|David & Lucile Packard]] Professor of Feminist & Gender Studies at [[Colorado College]], and president of the [[National Women's Studies Association]] (NWSA).

== Early Career ==
After graduating from [[Alliance High School (Ohio)|Alliance High School]] in 1999, Lewis earned a B.A. in English Studies from [[Robert Morris University]] in 2003. While pursuing her doctorate, she also earned a certificate in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from Purdue in 2008 and another in Online Teaching & Learning from [[Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana|Ivy Tech Community College]] the same year.


== Colorado College ==
== Colorado College ==
In 2010, Lewis earned a dissertation fellowship in Feminist & Gender Studies at Colorado College through the Consortium for Faculty Diversity (CFD). After serving as Visiting Assistant Professor the following year, she entered the tenure-track and then earned tenure in 2018 during the 2017-18 AY. She served as Director of Feminist & Gender Studies department chair from 2016-22 AY, including terms as Interim and Associate Director. She regularly teaches Introduction to Feminist & Gender Studies, Feminist Theory, Critical Media Studies, Black Feminist Theory, Hip Hop and Feminism, and the department’s first study abroad course, Hidden Spaces, Hidden Narratives: Intersectionality Studies in Berlin.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Unteilbar: Bündnisse gegen Rassismus |date=2019 |publisher=Unrast |isbn=978-3-89771-251-5 |editor-last=Bönkost |editor-first=Jule |edition=1. Auflage |location=Münster}}</ref>
In 2010, Lewis earned a dissertation fellowship in Feminist & Gender Studies at Colorado College through the Consortium for Faculty Diversity (CFD). After serving as Visiting Assistant Professor the following year, she entered the tenure-track and then earned tenure in 2018 during the 2017-18 AY.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Heidi R. Lewis · Colorado College |url=https://www.coloradocollege.edu/basics/contact/directory/people/lewis_heidi-r.html |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=www.coloradocollege.edu |language=en}}</ref> She served as Director of Feminist & Gender Studies department chair from 2016-22 AY, including terms as Interim and Associate Director. She regularly teaches Introduction to Feminist & Gender Studies, Feminist Theory, Critical Media Studies, Black Feminist Theory, Hip Hop and Feminism, and the department’s first study abroad course, Hidden Spaces, Hidden Narratives: Intersectionality Studies in Berlin.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Unteilbar: Bündnisse gegen Rassismus |date=2019 |publisher=Unrast |isbn=978-3-89771-251-5 |editor-last=Bönkost |editor-first=Jule |edition=1. Auflage |location=Münster}}</ref>

== Books ==
Her first book, ''In Audre’s Footsteps: Transnational Kitchen Table Talk'' (edition assemblage, 2021), co-edited with Dana Asbury and Jazlyn Andrews, is the 7th volume in the Witnessed Series, an English-language book series about Black writers who have lived in Germany.<ref>{{Cite web |title=In Audre's Footsteps |url=https://www.edition-assemblage.de/buecher/in-audres-footsteps/ |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=edition assemblage |language=de-DE}}</ref>

In 2023, Lewis published ''Expertise'', the second volume of ''Rethinking Women’s and Gender Studies'', edited by Catherine M. Orr and Ann M. Braithwaite.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Heidi R. Lewis · Colorado College |url=https://www.coloradocollege.edu/basics/contact/directory/people/lewis_heidi-r.html |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=www.coloradocollege.edu |language=en}}</ref>


== Scholarship ==
Her first book, ''In Audre’s Footsteps: Transnational Kitchen Table Talk'' (edition assemblage, 2021), co-edited with Dana Asbury and Jazlyn Andrews, is the 7th volume in the Witnessed Series, an English-language book series about Black writers who have lived in Germany.<ref>{{Cite web |title=In Audre’s Footsteps |url=https://www.edition-assemblage.de/buecher/in-audres-footsteps/ |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=edition assemblage |language=de-DE}}</ref>


Lewis published ''Expertise'', the second volume of ''Rethinking Women’s and Gender Studies'', edited by Catherine M. Orr and Ann M. Braithwaite.{{cn|date=April 2024}}


== References ==
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Latest revision as of 18:49, 30 July 2024

Heidi R. Lewis
Born (1981-09-15) September 15, 1981 (age 43)
Alliance, OH, United States
EducationB.A., English, Robert Morris University (2003)

M.A., English Literature, Ohio University (2005)

Ph.D., American Studies, Purdue University (2011)
Websiteheidirlewis.com

Heidi R. Lewis is an American scholar of feminist theory and politics with an emphasis on Black Feminism. She is the David & Lucile Packard Professor of Feminist & Gender Studies at Colorado College, and president of the National Women's Studies Association (NWSA).

Colorado College

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In 2010, Lewis earned a dissertation fellowship in Feminist & Gender Studies at Colorado College through the Consortium for Faculty Diversity (CFD). After serving as Visiting Assistant Professor the following year, she entered the tenure-track and then earned tenure in 2018 during the 2017-18 AY.[1] She served as Director of Feminist & Gender Studies department chair from 2016-22 AY, including terms as Interim and Associate Director. She regularly teaches Introduction to Feminist & Gender Studies, Feminist Theory, Critical Media Studies, Black Feminist Theory, Hip Hop and Feminism, and the department’s first study abroad course, Hidden Spaces, Hidden Narratives: Intersectionality Studies in Berlin.[2]

Books

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Her first book, In Audre’s Footsteps: Transnational Kitchen Table Talk (edition assemblage, 2021), co-edited with Dana Asbury and Jazlyn Andrews, is the 7th volume in the Witnessed Series, an English-language book series about Black writers who have lived in Germany.[3]

In 2023, Lewis published Expertise, the second volume of Rethinking Women’s and Gender Studies, edited by Catherine M. Orr and Ann M. Braithwaite.[4]


References

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  1. ^ "Heidi R. Lewis · Colorado College". www.coloradocollege.edu. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
  2. ^ Bönkost, Jule, ed. (2019). Unteilbar: Bündnisse gegen Rassismus (1. Auflage ed.). Münster: Unrast. ISBN 978-3-89771-251-5.
  3. ^ "In Audre's Footsteps". edition assemblage (in German). Retrieved 2024-03-27.
  4. ^ "Heidi R. Lewis · Colorado College". www.coloradocollege.edu. Retrieved 2024-06-11.