Andrew J. Lewis

Assistant Professor
PhD, Yale University
Battelle 133
alewis@american.edu
202-885-2409
Office Hours: Mon./Thu. 2-4:30pm
Curriculum Vitae

Course Syllabi

Spring 2008

HIS 352/652 The Era of the New Republic
HIS 481 The Major Seminar

Fall 2007

HIS 480 The Major Seminar
HIS 727 Colloquium in Early American History

Fields of Interest

Early American and nineteenth century cultural history, history of science, religious history

Professor Lewis’ publications include “A Democracy of Fact: Swallow Submersion and the Natural History of the Early American Republic,” William and Mary Quarterly, and “Gathering for the Republic: Botany and the Economies of the Early American Republic,” Colonial Botany: Science, Commerce, and Politics in the Early Modern World. He is completing a book on natural history in the early republic and developing a new project on wine in colonial and early national America. His many awards include the Barra Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship of the McNeil Center for Early American Studies.