Introducing: Heidi R. Lewis

Heidi R. Lewis is Assistant Professor of Feminist & Gender Studies at Colorado College.  Her teaching and research focus on feminism, gender and sexuality, race and ethnicity (black culture especially), Critical Race Theory, Critical Whiteness Studies, Critical Media Studies, and popular culture.  She has articles forthcoming in the Journal of Black Studies, the Journal of Pan African Studies, and a reader examining the influence of rapper Kanye West.  She holds a Ph.D. (2011) in American Studies from Purdue University, as well as a Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies.