CONTACT JEFFREY LEWIS, Ph.D.

Responsibilities:
Jeffrey provides leadership to build Cooperative Extension’s capacity to effectively work with and serve underrepresented communities, especially racial-ethnic communities around the state. This includes working across program areas to foster institutional change for equity and social justice in the work of Cooperative Extension.

Selected Publications:
Lewis, J. L. & Kim, E. (2008). The Desire to Learn: African American Children’s Positive Attitudes Toward Learning Within School Cultures of Low Expectations. Teachers College Record.

Lewis, J. L. (2005) Black Talk About AIDS. Journal of African American Studies, 8(4), 14-30.

Foster, M., Lewis, J. L., Onafowora, L. (2005) Grooming Great Urban Teachers. Educational Leadership, 62(6), 28-32.

Foster, M, Lewis, J. L., Onafowora, L., & Peele, T. (2003).  Anthropology, culture, and research on teaching and learning: Applying what we have learned to improve teaching practice. Teachers College Record, Vol. 5 (2), 261-277

Education:
Ph.D., Education / Sociocultural Studies, University of California, Davis, September 2000.
                Title of Thesis: The Social Construction of Childhood in a Mixtec Community.
M.S., Early Childhood Education, University of Oregon, Eugene, June 1992.
B.A., Economics, Drury College, Springfield, MO, May 1980.

Jeffrey L. Lewis, Ph.D.
Outreach Specialist - Underrepresented Communities
617 Extension Building
432 N Lake Street
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: (608) 890-2668
FAX: (608) 262-9166
Email: jeffrey.lewis@ces.uwex.edu