Mark A Lewis

Mark Lewis is professor of literacy education at James Madison University. His research interests include examining and critiquing representations of adolescence and youth in young adult and adult literature, defining the multifaceted literary competence of secondary students, and identifying effective ways to support linguistically diverse learners. Prior to coming to JMU, he taught middle school English and English as a second language in Arizona and worked with Indigenous high school...See more

Mark Lewis is professor of literacy education at James Madison University. His research interests include examining and critiquing representations of adolescence and youth in young adult and adult literature, defining the multifaceted literary competence of secondary students, and identifying effective ways to support linguistically diverse learners. Prior to coming to JMU, he taught middle school English and English as a second language in Arizona and worked with Indigenous high school students in Colorado. Dr. Lewis has over 30 publications, including multiple book chapters and in scholarly journals such as English Education, English Journal, Middle Grades Research Journal, Study & Scrutiny, The ALAN Review, Journal of Literacy Research, and Reading Research Quarterly. He is also a coauthor of Rethinking the "Adolescent" in Adolescent Literacy (NCTE Press). See less