Andrew Lewis

Professor Lewis's research interests are at the intersection of law and politics in America. He has specific expertise in religion and politics in the U.S., with a focus on First Amendment law and politics, rights politics, and conservative political movements. His research engages the fields of political behavior, law and courts, interest groups, law and society, and religion and politics.

Professor Lewis's book The Rights Turn in Conservative Christian Politics: How Abortion Transformed the Culture Wars (Cambridge, 2017), was the winner of the 2018 Humbert Morken Award for the best book in Religion and Politics from the American Political Science Association. He is also the co-author of The Full Armor of God: The Mobilization of Christian Nationalism in American Politics (Cambridge Elements, 2023), along with many peer-reviewed social science articles. Professor Lewis has authored op-eds at The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, FiveThirtyEight, Vox, and is a frequent contributor to national media outlets. 

A dedicated teacher, in 2022 Professor Lewis was awarded the A. B. Dolly Cohen Award for Excellence in Teaching by the Office of the Provost at the University of Cincinnati.

As of July 2023, Professor Lewis is serving as the Interim Executive Director of the Portman Center for Policy Solutions. He is also currently the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the political science journal Politics and Religion. 

Ph.D.: American University Washington, DC, 2011 (American Politics; Law and Society)

M.A.: Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary Wake Forest, NC, 2006 (Ethics)

B.S.: Truman State University Kirksville, MO, 2003 (History)

2011 -2012 Thomas W. Smith Postdoctoral Research Associate, James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions Department of Politics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

2012 -2018 Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

2018 -To Present Associate Professor, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

2019 -2020 Public Fellow, Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), Washington, DC

Grant: #IHS Discourse Initiative Research Grant Investigators:Lewis, Andrew 03-01-2021 -12-31-2021 Institute for Humane Studies The Cultural Challenges to Liberalism: Muslim-Christian Relations, Religious Freedom, and Beyond. (backdoor) Role:PI $15,000.00 Awarded Level:Private Non-Profit

Grant: #Lewis Portman Center Investigators:Lewis, Andrew 04-01-2024 -05-01-2026 Article IV Election Reform Research Project Role:PI 299980.00 Hold Level:Non Profit

Peer Reviewed Publications

Lewis, Andrew R. (2014. ) Staffing the Front Lines of the Culture War: Constituency Religious Effects on Assignment to the Senate Judiciary Committee .Congress & The Presidency, , 41 (2 ) ,167-189

Djupe, Paul A., Andrew R. Lewis, Ted G. Jelen, and Charles Dahan (2014. ) Rights Talk: The Opinion Dynamics of Rights Framing .Social Science Quarterly, , 95 (3 ) ,652-668

Lewis, Andrew R. (2014. ) Abortion Politics and the Decline of the Separation of Church and State: The Southern Baptist Case .Politics & Religion, , 7 (3 ) ,521-549

Lewis, Andrew R. (2011. ) Representing the Faithful in Legal Advocacy? Evaluating the Congruence in Baptist Church-State Advocacy .Politics & Policy, , 39 (3 ) ,441-468

Wozniak, Kevin H. and Andrew R. Lewis (2010. ) Reexamining the Effect of Christian Denominational Affiliation on Death Penalty Support .Journal of Criminal Justice, , 38 (5 ) ,1082-1089

Lewis, Andrew R. and Dana Huyser de Bernardo (2010. ) Belonging without Belonging: Utilizing Evangelical Self-Identification to Analyze Political Attitudes and Preferences .Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, , 49 (1 ) ,112-126

Djupe, Paul A., and Andrew R. Lewis (2015. ) Solidarity and Discord in Interest Group Memberships: How the Social Context Affects Interest Group Involvement .American Politics Research, , 43 (3 ) ,394-434

Lewis, Andrew R., Paul A. Djupe, Stephen T. Mockabee, and Joshua Su-Ya Wu (2015. ) The (Non) Religion of Mechanical Turk Workers .Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, , 54 (2 ) ,419-28

Djupe, Paul A., Andrew R. Lewis, and Ted G. Jelen (2016. ) Rights, Reflection, and Reciprocity: Implicdations of the Same-Sex Marriage Debate for Tolerance and the Political Process .Politics & Religion, , 9 (3 ) ,630-48

Lewis, Andrew R. (2016. ) Learning the Value of Rights: Abortion Politics and the Liberalization of Evangelical Free Speech Advocacy .Politics & Religion, , 9 (2 ) ,309-31

Burge, Ryan P., and Andrew R. Lewis. (2018. ) “Measuring Evangelicals: Practical Considerations for Social Scientists.” .Politics & Religion, , 11 (4 ) ,745-759

Lewis, Andrew R. (2019. ) “The Transformation of the Christian Right’s Moral Politics.” .The Forum, , 17 (1 ) ,25-44

Claassen, Ryan L., Paul A. Djupe, Andrew R. Lewis, and Jacob R. Neiheisel. (2019. ) “Which Party Represents My Group: The Group Foundations of Partisan Choice and Polarization.” .Political Behavior, ,

Lewis, Andrew R., William Blake, Stephen T. Mockabee, and Amanda Friesen. (2019. ) “American Constitutional Faith and the Politics of Hermeneutics.” .Politics & Religion, ,

Published Books

Lewis, Andrew R. (2017. ) The Rights Turn in Conservative Politics: How Abortion Transformed the Culture Wars .New York , Cambridge University Press

Amazon

Djupe, Paul A.; Andrew R. Lewis; Anand E. Sokhey (2023. ) The Full Armor of God: The Mobilization of Christian Nationalism in American Politics .New York , Cambridge University Press

Book Chapter

Lewis, Andrew R. (2018 ) “Divided over Rights: Competing Evangelical Visions for Twenty-First Century America.” The Evangelical Crackup: Will the Evangelical-Republican Coalition Last? .Philadelphia, PA, Temple University Press

Encyclopedia Article

Djupe, Paul A., and Andrew R. Lewis (2015. ) International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Science, 2nd ed .

Lewis, Andrew R. (2019. ) Oxford Encyclopedia of Politics & Religion .

01-01-2015 -12-31-2015 Voinovich Collections Fellow Voinovich Collections Fellowship Program Status:Recipient

-POL-3021 CON LAW FED SYST Level:Undergraduate

-POL-2019 THE AMER PRESIDENCY Level:Undergraduate

-POL-3022 CON LAW RTS + LIBS Level:Undergraduate

-POL-2022 AMERICAN COURTS & JUDICIAL PROCESS Level:Undergraduate

LAW, POLITICS, AND SOCIETY Level:Undergraduate

Politics of Law & Religion Level:Undergraduate