DR. RICHARD LEWIS, JR.

Dr. Richard Lewis, Jr., Ph.D. is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Texas at San Antonio. His academic specialties include the areas of diversity management, strategic planning, public administration, and social science research. Dr. Lewis served as Associate Dean for the College of Liberal and Fine Arts from 1997 to 2002. He was a Special Assistant to the President of the University from 2002 to 2007. Dr. Lewis has taught at Texas A&M University, St. Philip's College, and Our Lady of the Lake University. He is President of Round Top Consulting Associates, a firm he founded in 1990, which provides social science research and seminar facilitation. He has numerous publications to his credit that deal with the issue of social inequality and is the co-author along with George Yancey of “Interracial Families: Current Concepts and Controversies,” published by Routledge Press. He is presently at work on a second book, due out in January 2010, which addresses the changing demographics in America.

Dr. Lewis has been involved in a variety of civic activities. He is a former board member on the United Way Board of Directors and the Live Oak Economic Development Corporation. In addition, he has served on the VIA Metropolitan Transit Authority Board of Trustees and the Bexar County Housing Authority.

Dr. Lewis received his undergraduate degree from Texas Tech University in 1976. He received his Master's and Doctoral degrees in Sociology from Texas A&M University in 1978 and 1981, respectively.