Katherine Lewis is a social worker, genealogist, and doctoral student of history. She utilizes mixed methods research in federal- and state-funded grant projects, evaluating services for behavioral health for children, youth, and families. Katherine has lived experience of psychosis. She studies and practices oral history as a primary methodology because she believes it is an important methodology for increasing the intersectional capacity of historical research. Histories have a narrator; oral histories hand the mic over to people with lived experiences. Katherine's historical research uses oral histories to establish and challenge epistemic injustices, which is how power influences how different groups of people conceptualize and control the world.
Experience
PhD student, History, Case Western Reserve University (2021-date)Master of Social Work, Case Western Reserve University, 2018
Services
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Specialty
Katherine specializes in the history of social science and service professions, especially: social work, psychiatry, psychology, nursing, medicine, and other allied health workers. She is particularly interested in using oral history to amplify individual perspectives on collective experiences of structural oppression, as an emancipatory act in achieving a more socially just and equitable society.
Subject Areas
- Local/Regional Histories:
- Ohio state psychiatric institutions
Purpose of Contact
- I am available for hire - as an oral historian, consultant, presenter, educator, or related services
- I am available to collaborate - on research, community projects, artistic endeavors, or other joint undertakings with peers
