Academic Engagements

• SELC 2025 Conference: Red Lines & Real Lives: Past Policy Still Dictates Present Disparities

• University of Kentucky UNITE Research Showcase: Red Lines & Real Lives Poster Session

• University of Rhode Island MPA Emerging Scholars Series: Barriers to Equity: The Role of Race and Place in Lexington, KY.” 

• Martin School Seminar Series: Barriers to Equity: The Evolution of Race and Place in Lexington, KY. 

• Guest Lecturer Econ 1120; St. Catherine University: Where You Live Matters” The Evolution of Race and Place in Lexington, KY 

• Black Yarn Inc. Data Scientist and Documentary and Facilitator of Community Conversations of Race, Place, and Policy

• Black Yarn Inc. Data Scientist and Documentary 

• Social Equity Leadership Conference - Disparate Risk and the Role of Public Policy, Economic Mobility, and the Consideration of Place

• Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration Annual Conference Proposal Reviewer

• UNITE Predoctoral Research Fellow

• Institute for Research on Poverty Research Center Advisory Committee 

• IRP Professional Development Training Series on Poverty and Economic Mobility Awardee

• Martin School: Director Search Committee, Student Representative

• APPAM Fall Conference Discussant: Hidden Links of Entrepreneurship: Individual and Community Level Studies 

• APPAM Fall Conference Discussant: Workforce Development: Policy, Design, and Frameworks to Support Labor Market Participants 

• UNITE Research Showcase Poster Presentation: The Racial Wealth Gap and Differential Risk of Entrepreneurship - 1st Place Awardee

• Center on Race and Wealth at Howard University and the Institute for Research on Poverty of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Graduate Student Workshop

• Race, Racism, and Structural Inequality invitee

• Social Equity Leadership Conference - Social Equity in Action Roundtable Discussant

• UNITE Predoctoral Research Fellow

• IRP-CRW Graduate Student Research Workshop Dissertation Awardee

• IRP Professional Development Training Series on Poverty and Economic Mobility Awardee

• APPAM Entrepreneurship Policy Student Fellow

• Martin School Search Committee Student Representative

• APPAM Fall Conference Presenter: Race, Wealth, Entrepreneurship, and Riots

• APPAM Fall Conference Discussant: School Segregation, Integration, & Educational Attainment Gaps

• Henry Clay Congress Policy Coach

• APPAM Fall Conference Panelist: Two Americas - Racial Stratification & the Economy

• UNITE Panel Discussant: Recruitment and Retention of Diverse Faculty, Staff, and Students

• Public Policy 201 Guest Lecturer: Race, Policy, and Homeownership

•  Kentucky Law Journal: Racial Wealth Gap Symposium Panelist

Lewis, RM, Sullivan A. The Black Butterfly: The Harmful Politics of Race and Space in America, Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2021. DOI: 10.1080/15236803.2021.1985412

• Cochran G, Lewis R, Dlugonski D, Adatorwovor R, Ingram R, Rous B, Williams C, Luecking C. Who participates? Representation in Kentucky childcare programs in evaluation of new health promotion regulations. 2023 CCTS Spring Conference. Lexington, KY. March 27, 2023. 

• Lewis RM, Redzic M, Thomas DT. The Effects of Season-Long Vitamin D Supplementation on Collegiate Swimmers and Divers. Int J Sport Nutr Exerc Metab. 2013;23(5):431‐440. doi:10.1123/ijsnem.23.5.431

• Redzic M, Lewis RM, Thomas DT. Relationship Between 25-hydoxyvitamin D, Muscle Strength, and Incidence of Injury in Healthy Adults: A Systematic Review. Nutr Res. 2013;33(4):251‐258. doi:10.1016/j.nutres.2013.02.007

• Lewis, RM, Redzic M, Shores PB, Thomas DT. 25 (OH) D Status is Not Related to Bone Mineral Density or Inflammatory Cytokines in Collegiate Athletes. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. Vol. 44. San Francisco, CA June 2012.