Richard Lewis

Richard Lewis serves as an Adjunct faculty member with Online and Continuing Education (OCE) at Linfield University since 1998. His prior academic appointments include teaching roles at Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Willamette University, and WSU Vancouver across disciplines spanning literature and historical studies.

His academic credentials include:

• B.A. from Gonzaga University
• M.A. in Modern Literature from Columbia University
• Ph.D. in Medieval English Literature from the University of Wisconsin–Madison
• Graduate Fellowship at Oxford University for doctoral research on Anglo-Saxon poetry

Dr. Lewis specializes in Medieval English Literature and Anglo-Saxon Poetry, with extensive expertise in History of Western Thought, Medieval History and Culture, Renaissance Art and Culture, and Modern Literature. His scholarly contributions include peer-reviewed publications in these fields alongside two published chapbooks of sonnets, reflecting both academic rigor and creative literary expression within historical and cultural contexts.