Andrew Lewis
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
University of Cincinnati
United States of America
Biography
Professor Lewis's research interests are at the intersection of law and politics in America. He is particularly interested in legal advocacy, rights politics, First Amendment law, religious political behavior, and the engagement of religious groups in politics and law. Professor Lewis's areas of expertise are conservative politics and religion and politics, with a focus on evangelical political engagement. His research engages the fields of political behavior, law and courts, interest groups, law and society, and religion and politics. Professor Lewis's research has appeared in many social science journals. He also has a book about the growth of rights politics within conservative Christianity under contract Cambridge University Press that should be released in Fall 2017. Professor Lewis also occasionally contributes to FiveThirtyEight, as well as other media outlets.
Research Interest
Professor Lewis is the Book Review Editor at Politics & Religion, the academic journal for the Religion and Politics Section of the American Political Science Association. He is also the director and creator of the Legal Studies Certificate at UC.
Publications
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Lewis, Andrew R. (2011). Representing the Faithful in Legal Advocacy? Evaluating the Congruence in Baptist Church-State Advocacy. Politics & Policy, 39 (3), 441-468.
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Djupe, Paul A., Andrew R. Lewis, Ted G. Jelen, and Charles Dahan (2014). Rights Talk: The Opinion Dynamics of Rights Framing. Social Science Quarterly, 95 (3), 652-668.
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Lewis, Andrew R. (2014). Staffing the Front Lines of the Culture War: Constituency Religious Effects on Assignment to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Congress & The Presidency, 41 (2), 167-189.
