Consulting & Events

Dr. Mel Michelle Lewis is a nationally recognized scholar, pedagogue, and consultant, lecturing, leading workshops, designing curriculum, and mapping equity and transformative change.

SUBJECT AREA TEACHING AND TRAINING

Teaching

Gender/Sexuality Studies/Queer Theory

Black/Africana Studies

Ethnic Studies

Environmental Humanities/ Environmental Justice

Intersectionality

Liberatory Pedagogy

Visual and Performing Arts

Workshops and Trainings

Equity, Justice, and Access

Community Engagement

Intercultural Communication

Institutional Transformation

Restorative Justice

Shared Governance

Social Justice Leadership

Strategic Planning

Strategic Communications

Conflict Resolution

Equitable Search, Hiring, and Retention Services

*For information regarding availability, please email: melmichellelewis[at]gmail.com

Dr. Mel is Lead Coach and Consultant with The Art of Change Agency
Dr. Mel is a Program Consultant with Planet Women
Recent Program Design and Facilitation with ABC and the Afrofuturism Collective
2026 Trainings
One Water BIPOC Gathering
Water Power Week Uncommon Dialogue’s “Workgroup 8: Workforce Development and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access” session
“Iteration and Imagination: Hopeful Strategies for the Anthropocene,” Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences (AESS), June 22, 2022. 
“DEIJ Leadership and Green Groups,” Green 2.0, June 30, 2022. 

National Portrait Gallery Art AfterWords: A Book Discussion with Kerrie Cotten Williams and Mel Michelle Lewis

Join staff from the National Portrait Gallery and the DC Public Library for a monthly discussion of portraits and prose. Kerrie Cotten Williams and Dr. Mel Michelle Lewis will co-facilitate the National Portrait Gallery/DC Public Library ArtAfterWords book discussion. Join us as we celebrate the life and work of Gwendolyn Brooks and discuss Angela Jackson’s book A Surprised Queenhood in the New Black Sun .

Grand Valley State University WGS Anniversary Workshops and Keynote

BlacKkKlansman Screening and Panel Discussion,” Long, Long Way Film Weekend at Washington National Cathedral

Perhaps Spike Lee’s most artful film, the Golden Globe-nominated BlacKkKlansman examines a historical narrative of race, violence, and law enforcement, while showing how it ties into our present. The movie self-consciously explores the importance of American film and culture, which makes it only appropriate that we consciously discuss its messages. NPR’s Korva Coleman will moderate a panel discussion on themes related to race, film, policing, and our current culture. Panelists: The Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas, the Rev. Dr. Gayle Fisher-Stewart, Dr. Mel Lewis, Mr. Vann Newkirk

How Does It Feel to be a Problem? A Conversation between Two Feminist Black Queer Femme Chairs, LGBTQ+ IFO Statewide LGBTQ+ Conference

In Dialogue, Drs. Mel Michelle Lewis and Shannon Miller shared from their recent article, “How Does It Feel to be a Problem? A Conversation between Two Feminist Black Queer Femme Chairs” published in the 2018 Feminist Formations Special Issue: Feminist Teaching for Social Justice. They demonstrated through their stories and in real time the power and effectiveness of partnership for support, leadership and social justice.

“Future Visions for LGBTQ Scholars of Color,” LGBTQ Scholars of Color National Conference