Dr. Lewis is Professor of Management in the College of Business at Texas A&M University-San Antonio (A&M-SA). Her prior administrative appointments include serving as interim dean of the College of Business, interim dean of the College of Education and Human Development, associate dean of Operations and Accreditation in the College of Business, and founding chair of the Management and Marketing Department at A&M-SA.

Dr. Lewis earned a Ph.D. in social psychology with a minor in statistics from Indiana University—Bloomington in 2000. After completing her doctorate, she trained in organizational behavior as a postdoctoral research associate at the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on Organizational Behavior, Teams, Change Management, Negotiation, Motivation, and Statistics.

Her research interests focus on social identity, motivation, teams, and managerial cognition. Her research has been published in top journals, including Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, the Journal of Social Psychology, and the Journal of Management Education.

She also incorporates her love of Star Trek into her academic writing, including how to use clips from Star Trek to teach negotiation, and is Co-author of To Boldly Go: Leadership Visions from the Future,  from Emerald Publishing, and a contributor to Beyond the Next Star: The Importance of Failure in Star Trek, from Vernon Press, both scheduled to be published in 2027