Kathleen Phillips Lewis, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of History
Email: klewis@spelman.edu
Office: 404-270-5507
Fax: 404-270-5508
Location: Giles 215, Box 1083
Social Media Links:
www.kalypsoul.blogspot.com
www.twitter.com/kalypsoul
Degrees
Ph.D., University of Manitoba
M.A., University of Manitoba
B.A. Hons., University of the West Indies, St. Augustine.
Courses Taught:
- SHIS 261; Caribbean History to 1804
- SHIS 262: Caribbean History since1804
- SHIS 362: Caribbean Economic History
- SHIS 363: Contemporary Caribbean
- SHIS 462: Women and Gender in Caribbean History
- SHIS 465: Caribbean Migrations (under development)
- SHIS 351A: Revolutionary France
- SHIS 453: Victorian England
- SFYE 101 and 102: First Year Experience
Like all other faculty in the department, I also teach, in rotation, the required courses in the history major: Historical Methods, Ancient and Modern World; Senior Seminar; Senior Honors Thesis: Special Topics in History; Independent Study.
Awards:
- CIEE IFDS Travel Awards: Ghana 2001, Cuba 2002, Cuba 2012
- Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2002
- NYU Faculty Resource Network Scholar in Residence, 2005
- Pauline E. Drakes Scholars’ Green and White Faculty Award, 2001
- Exxon Mobil Fellowship
Professional Leadership Activities
- Chair, Department of History
- Former Director, African Diaspora and the World Program
- Co-Chair, Research Day 2013
- Faculty Advisor, CASA (Caribbean American Students Association)
- Program director, Spelman/UWI, Trinidad Summer Program