Racheida Lewis, Ph.D.

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Assistant Professor of Engineering Education

Research Interests: Justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion; Matriculation patterns in engineering; Counter spaces in STEM

Dr. Racheida Lewis is an Assistant Professor in Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering with an emphasis on engineering education research. Dr. Lewis’ conducts research that explores the recruitment and retention of engineering students, particularly as it pertains to the first year. She also has a passion for researching ways to make engineering more inclusive and accessible to underrepresented students. Dr. Lewis received her doctorate degree in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech where she was a Gates Millennium Scholar and an Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society Inductee.

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DeWitt, N. J., Paul, A., & Lewis, R. S. (2024). Not for the Poor: Impacts of COVID-19 on Engineering Students from Lower Socioeconomic Backgrounds. ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--47806

Desing, R. M., Shermadou, A. S., Nocera, T. M., Delaine, D. A., Atiq, S. Z., Ortiz‑Rosario, A., Childers, R. C., & Lewis, R. S. (2023). Identifying Supports and Barriers in Engineering Students’ Processes Toward Career Attainment. Biomedical Engineering Education, 0123456789. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43683-023-00119-1

Lewis, R. S., Fletcher, T. L., Paul, A., Abdullah, D., & Sealey, Z. V. (2023). Using SenseMaker® to Understand the Prioritization of Self-Care and Mental Health of Minoritized Engineering Students during the 2020 Global Pandemic. Education Sciences, 13(7), 643. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci13070643

Edwards, C. D., Lee, W. C., Knight, D. B., Trina, F., Reid, K., & Lewis, R. S. (2021). Outreach at Scale: Developing a Logic Model to Explore the Organizational Components of the Summer Engineering Experience for Kids Program. Advances in Engineering Education, 9(2), 1–28.

Sealey, Z. V., Lewis, R. S., & Fletcher, T. L. (2021). What I Wish My Instructor Knew: Navigating COVID-19 as an Underrepresented Student - Evidence Based Research. American Society for Engineering Education.

University of Michigan. (2021, September 23). Power Structures and Recognizing Biases [Video]. Zoom.

The Ohio State Engineering Education Seminar Series. (2021, March 05). Women in Engineering COVID [Video]. Zoom.

Morelock, J. R., Sochacka, N. W., Lewis, R. S., Walther, J., Culloty, C. M., Hopkins, J. S., Vedanarayanan, S., Ofunne, C. K. (2020). Using a Novel Research Methodology to Study and Respond to Faculty and Student Experiences with COVID-19 in Real Time. Advances in Engineering Education, 8(4), 1–14. Retrieved from https://advances.asee.org/wp-content/uploads/Covid 19 Issue/Text/AEE-COVID-19-Morelock.pdf