Tiffany Lewis

Tiffany Lewis is an Associate Professor at the Marxe School of Public and International Affairs, Baruch College, CUNY. Her work bridges rhetoric, social movements, and public affairs to explore gendered political advocacy.

Education:

• Ph.D., Communication, University of Maryland, College Park
• M.A., Communication, University of Montana, Missoula
• B.A., Speech Communication, University of Washington, Seattle

Research Interests:

• Historical analysis of women's activism in the progressive-era U.S.
• Embodied and performative advocacy tactics (mountain ascents, hikes, road trips)
• Visual rhetoric and cartography in social movements
• Decolonizing assessment methods in communication pedagogy

Publications Trends: Her work primarily examines the intersection of gender, regional identity, and rhetorical strategy in early 20th-century advocacy, with a focus on Western U.S. suffrage movements. She employs archival research, discourse analysis, and geospatial methods.

Committee Service:

• Executive Committee, Marxe School
• Assessment Committee, Marxe School
• Strategic Planning Committee, Marxe School
• Editorial Board, Recovering Democracy Archive: Speech Recovery Project

Teaching: She instructs courses on public communication, equity-focused advocacy, social movement activism, and women in U.S. politics.