Jerry M. Lewis
 
Emeriti Round Table  

Professor Emeritus of Sociology Jerry M. Lewis will host the 2nd annual Emeriti Round Table presenting, “Characteristics of Award-Winning Professors.” Dr. Lewis joined Kent State University in 1966.  Following a distinguished career spanning more than 40 years, Lewis continues to be active teaching, conducting research, contributing service to the university and mentoring students. 

He has taught  many courses including Collective Behavior, Introduction to Sociology, Contemporary Social Theory, Public Opinion and Mass Communication, as well as graduate seminars in Contemporary Social Theory; Sociology of Communication; Sociology of Sport; Early Social Thought, Teaching Sociology and Sociology of Religion 

Lewis has authored numerous publications, most recently “Active Learning in Smaller Classes” in the instructor’s manual for Society in Focus an Introduction to Sociology, Tips for Teaching Introductory Sociology and Sports Fan Violence in North America.

He received his B.A. from Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Iowa; his M.S. form Boston University and his Ph.D. form the University of Illinois (Urbana).

 Lewis was a Senior Research Fellow, JURUE, University of Aston at Birmingham, England, from August 1979 to January 1980; and he was a Visiting Exchange Professor with the Department of Sociology, at the Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, in 1988. 

He has been the recipient of many awards and honors, including Ford