Dr. Ashlee Lewis

Ashlee A. Lewis is the Assistant Director and a Research Associate Professor in the Research, Evaluation, and Measurement Center located in the College of Education at the University of South Carolina. She earned her Ph.D. in Foundations of Education from the University of South Carolina in 2013. She completed an M.Ed. in Educational Research from the University of South Carolina in 2008 and holds a bachelor’s degree in music (vocal concentration) from Columbia College. 

Her work as an education research and program evaluator spans a variety of areas, focusing primarily on program evaluation, classroom assessment, and applied research. She utilizes mixed methods and qualitative methodologies in her work, which has examined arts education programs across the state through work with the SC Arts Commission and the ABC Institute at Winthrop University. 

Dr. Lewis serves as the director of the South Carolina Arts Assessment Program. Her work has also centered on efforts to retain teachers in the classroom, including evaluations of the Carolina Teacher Induction Program and Carolina CrED. She currently leads evaluations or research projects for Arts Grow SC, the Community Assistance for Rural Arts Education (CARE) Project, the Carolina Teacher Induction Program (CarolinaTIP), CarolinaCrED, ArtsNOW, and MUSC’s Teen Science Ambassador Program; she also serves on the evaluation team for the Carolina Family Engagement Center.