Dr. Timothy E. Lewis is a documentarian, higher education administrator, published race scholar, and graduate of the historic Tuskegee University.

He is the author of the forthcoming book, DO YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE BLACK FRIENDS? A RE-EDUCATION ON RACE FOR WHITE AMERICANS BY BLACK AMERICANS, scheduled to be released in 2026 with SUNY Press. He is the producer and director of the accompanying documentary of the same title.

He has received several honors and awards, including a Resolution from the Missouri House of Representatives and a profile in Political Science Today, the official news magazine of the American Political Science Association (APSA).