Catherine Lewis

Dr. Catherine Lewis is Associate Vice Provost of Museums, Archives & Rare Books and the University Libraries and Professor of History at Kennesaw StateUniversity. She oversees a multi-million-dollar budget with a staff of nearly 100 professionals. Dr. Lewis holds a B.A. in English and History with honors from Emory University, and a M.A. and Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Iowa. She has curated more than 40 exhibits for organizations around the nation includingthe Atlanta History Center, East Lake Community Foundation, the Breman Museum,and the United Way. Dr. Lewis regularly presents at national and international conferences and has helped bring numerous grants to KSU from the U.S. State Department, the American Alliance of Museums, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Marcus Foundation, and the Breman Foundation. Dr. Lewis completed her second term as president of the Georgia Association of Museums and Galleries in 2016. She serves on several boards and is the outgoing chair of the Robert T. Jones Scholarship Advisory Committee, a partnership between Emory University and the University of St. Andrews.

Email: clewis1@kennesaw.edu

 

MAST Courses Taught:

• AMST 7230: Public History and Culture: History and Memory
• AMST 7330: Identities and Social Groups: Sport in American Culture

Select Publications:

• Dr. Lewis is the author, co-editor, or co-author of sixteen books that include:
  
  
  • Race, Politics, and Memory: A Documentary History of the Little Rock School Crisis (Arkansas UP, 2007)
    
    
  • Don’t Ask What I Shot: How Eisenhower’s Love of Golf Shaped 1950s America (McGraw Hill, 2007)
    
    
  • Jim Crow America: A Documentary History (Arkansas UP, 2009)
    
    
  • Beyond Rosie: Women and World War II (Arkansas UP, 2015)