Edith (Edie) A. Lewis

Associate Professor of Social Work

Degrees

BA, Social Work/Afro-American Studies, 1973, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities;
MSW, Social Work, 1975, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities;
PhD, Social Welfare, 1985, University of Wisconsin, Madison

BioSketch

Associate Professor Edith Lewis's primary research interests include methods used by women of color to offset personal, familial, community, and professional role strain. To date, this has included involvement in studies identifying strengths within African-American women's communities; the intersections of gender and ethnicity in the lives of women of color; outcomes of an intervention project for pregnant, substance-dependent women; multiple role strains for faculty women of color; multicultural organizational development, isolating the successful methods used by Ghanaian women in community development projects; and the development of the Network Utilization Project intervention to systematically address individual, family, and community concerns.

Lewis has taught in the areas of ethno-conscious social work methods, global social work practice, group process, family theory, behavioral theory and interventions, community and social system methods, and feminist practice. She is currently continuing an evaluation of a global exchange effort between the University of Michigan and a university in West Africa. Other areas of research/scholarly interest: teaching innovations, particularly those that help prepare social work students for practice within diverse national and global communities.

Personal Information

Email

edithl@umich.edu

Mailbox

INDI

139

Location

Room:	3688 SSWB
Phone:	(734) 763-6257
Fax:	(734) 763-3372

University of Michigan
School of Social Work
1080 S. University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Selected Publications

Lewis, E. A. (2009). Group- versus individual-based intersectionality and praxis in feminist and womynist research foundations. In S. A. Lloyd, A. L. Few, & K. R. Allen (Eds.), Handbook of feminist family studies (pp. 304-315). Los Angeles: Sage.

Crosbie-Burnett, M., Lewis, E., Sullivan, S., Podolsky, J., Mantilla de Souza, R., & Mitrani, V. (2006). Advancing theory through research: The case of extrusion in stepfamilies. In V. Bengston, A. Acock, K. Allen, P. Dilworth-Anderson, & D. Klein (Eds.), Sourcebook of family theory and research (pp. 213-219). New York: Sage Publications.

Suarez, Z., & Lewis, E. (2005). Spirituality and culturally diverse families: The intersection of culture, religion, and spirituality. In E. Congress, & M. Gonzales (Eds.), Multicultural perspectives in working with families, (2nd Ed., pp. 425-441). New York: Springer.

Gutierrez, L., Lewis, E., Nagda, B., Wernick, L. & Shore, N. (2005). Multicultural community practice strategies and intergroup empowerment. In L. Weil, et al. (Eds.), Handbook of community practice (pp. 341-359). Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.