CHRISTOPHER LEWIS

Prof. Lewis’s teaching has garnered accolades at the national, university, and college levels. In 2019, he received the University of Utah’s Early Career Teaching Award, which recognizes significant contributions to teaching at the university through new and innovative methods. In 2018, he was the winner of the Ramona W. Cannon Award, which has been awarded since 1976 to a professor who exemplifies outstanding contributions to the teaching of the humanities at the University of Utah. In 2016, the Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP) distinguished Prof. Lewis with its Junior Faculty Teaching Award, a national award presented annually to one early career university professor from across all fields in Latin American Studies for outstanding pedagogy, mentoring success, community involvement, and incorporation of research into the classroom experience. He frequently teaches courses on Brazilian Literature, Brazilian identity in film, Brazilian popular music and politics, the Lusotropicalist myth, the fantastic and sci-fi in Brazilian Literature, and a comparative literature course on Mormon Literature.