Christopher S. Lewis
Christopher Lewis is Director of the Office of Nationally Competitive Awards, where he supports students and alumni as they apply for national fellowships, scholarships, and other awards focused on leadership, research, creative engagement, academic excellence, and cross-cultural exchange. He also serves on the diversity and inclusion committee for the National Association of Fellowships Advisors (NAFA). He has previously taught at Franklin & Marshall College and Western Kentucky University.
Education
Ph.D., English, The ĢƵ State University
M.A., English, The ĢƵ State University
B.A., English, University of Cincinnati
Teaching
Chris’s regular courses include:
Honors (HC) 3100: Analyzing and Constructing Personal Narratives
Honors (HC) 3110: OHIO Honors Award and Graduate Education Launchpad
Research
Chris has interests in scholar development, research and creative activity training, diversity and inclusion, African American literature, U.S. literature, and LGBTQ studies.
He has published articles at the intersections of African American literary studies and gender/sexuality studies in the journals African American Review, Arizona Quarterly, College Literature, MELUS: Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States, and Rocky Mountain Review. His article “Neuter-Bound/Neuter-Freed: Queer Gender and Resistance to Slavery” received the 2020 Darwin T. Turner Award for the Year’s Best Essay in African American Review. His recent research on the intersections of education, perfectionism, and the work of Toni Morrison can be found in The Bloomsbury Handbook to Toni Morrison.