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Consuela Lewis Senior Research Associate School of Education University of Pittsburgh 5907 Wesley W. Posvar Hall Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA Email: lewisc@pitt.edu |
- School for Educational Studies, Claremont Graduate University (PhD in Higher Education, 2000)
- Institute for Educational Leadership, Washington, DC (Education Policy Fellowship Program, 1993)
- Harvard University (Certificate: Management Development Program, 1989)
- Department of Administration, University of Illinois (Advanced course work in Higher and Continuing Education, 1981)
- School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington (Urban Studies Certificate, 1977)
- Indiana University, Bloomington (MEd in Counseling and Development, 1976)
- Indiana University, Bloomington (BA in Political Science, 1973)
Areas of Expertise
- Leadership
- Public Policy and Higher Education
- Organizational Theory and Change
- Quantitative Research Methods (structural modeling)
- Comparative Higher Education
Professional Biography
Beginning her career as a student affairs administrator at the University of Illinois, Dr. Lewis has served in numerous roles. As Dean of the Office of Black Student Affairs at Claremont College she developed her interest in involvement theory and its relationship to student persistence. She worked as a consultant with the University of California Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and participated in the Management Development Program at Harvard University. Dr. Lewis is the co-editor of the book, "Intersections: Race, Gender, Organizational Culture and Leadership in Higher Education", a project of the African American Women’s Research Collective. In addition she is a member of the editorial board of the National Association of Student Affairs Professionals Journal. She is a Policy Associate with the National Center on Public Policy and Higher Education.
Research Interests & Current Projects
Dr. Lewis's research focuses on public policy and higher education-access and retention, faculty tenure and socialization. She is also interested in looking at diversity in higher education, leadership, political economy of higher education, and comparative higher education.
Courses Taught
- ADMPS 3099 – Guidance in the Doctoral Degree
- ADMPS 3141 – Policy Studies in Higher Education
Selected Publications
Lewis, Consuela. (2007). African Americans in Higher Education Organizations: When Do We Have Enough Cultural Capital? In Consuela Lewis & V. Barbara Bush. (Eds.), Intersections: Race, Gender, Organizational Culture and Leadership in Higher Education. Virginia: Stylus Publishing.
Lewis, Consuela. (2007). The Agency of Race and Gender in Shaping Organizational Culture in Higher Education. In Consuela Lewis & V. Barbara Bush. (Eds.), Intersections: Race, Gender, Organizational Culture and Leadership in Higher Education. Virginia: Stylus Publishing.
Lewis, Consuela. (2007). Transformations. In Consuela Lewis & V. Barbara Bush. (Eds.), Intersections: Race, Gender, Organizational Culture and Leadership in Higher Education. Virginia: Stylus Publishing.
Lewis, Consuela; & Bush, V. Barbara. (Eds.). (2007). The African American Women’s Research Collective, Intersections: Race, Gender and Organizational Culture and Leadership in Higher Education. Sterling, VA: Stylus.
Lewis, Consuela. (2000). Leading from the Margins: The Impact of Tokenism on the Administrative Careers of African Americans. Doctoral Dissertation. Claremont, CA: School for Educational Studies, Claremont Graduate University.
Lewis, Consuela. (2002). The Effects of Student Involvement and Campus Climate on Academic Persistence. Journal of the National Association of Student Affairs Professionals, 39(3).
