Dr. Jerome Lewis

  • Title: Associate Professor
  • College: College of Arts and Sciences
  • Email Address: jerlewis@bellevue.edu
  • Office Phone: 1.402.557.7519
  • Office Location: #542 Learning Center
  • Subject(s):
    • Introduction to Psychology
    • Social Psychology
    • Psychology of Learning
    • Introduction to Psychology Research
    • Experimental Psychology
    • Health Psychology
  • Degrees Awarded:
    • PhD in Social Psychology - University of Alabama
    • MA in Psychology - University of Alabama
    • BS in Psychology - Sam Houston State University
  • Victimology
  • Moral Psychology
  • Political Psychology

Dr. Lewis’s research focuses on the victim role and reactions to victims. He is also broadly interested in social cognition. He currently leads the Victim Role Research Group (VRRG) for which he is recruiting undergraduate and graduate research assistants.

  • Kirby, J., & Lewis, J.A. (2024). Developing a brief data literacy measure using CFA and IRT. Journal of Librarianship & Information Science, 09610006241300738
  • Grady, A.R. & Lewis, J.A. (2024). Political animosity leads to self-censorship among college students, Discover Psychology 4(191).https://doi.org/10.1007/s44202-024-00308-1
  • Elmore, J. D., Lewis, J.A., Himmelberger, Z.H., & Sherwood, J. S. (2024). Everyday moral transgressions (EMTs): Investigating the morality of everyday behaviors. Current Psychology, 43, 10484-10493. doi: 10.1007/s12144-023-05114-x
  • Lewis, J.A. (2021). An introduction to a thoughtful psychology: focusing on critical thinking skills in psychological science. In J. Cerniak, M. S. Wong, & L. H. Rosen (Eds.), Teaching psychology online (pp. 20-29). Society for the Teaching of Psychology. http://teachpsych.org/ebooks/teachpsychonline
  • Lewis, J.A., Himmelberger, Z. & Elmore, J.D. (2020). I can see myself helping: The effect of self-awareness on prosocial behaviour. International Journal of Psychology, 56(5). 710-715. doi: 10.1002/ijop.12733
  • Lewis, J.A., Hamilton, J.C., & Elmore, J.D. (2019). Describing the ideal victim: A linguistic analysis of victim descriptions. Current Psychology, 40(9) 4324-4332. doi: 10.1007/s12144-019-00347-1
  • Lewis, J.A., Hamilton, J.C., & Elmore, J.D., & Tullett, A.M. (2019). The effects of severity and number of misfortunes on reactions to victims. Social Justice Research, 32(3), 445-458. doi: 10.1007/s11211-019-00338-4
  • Mulla, M.M., Lewis J.A., Hamilton. J.C., Tutek, J., Emert, S., Witte, T., & Lichstein, K. (2017). The role of perceived sleep norms in subjective sleep appraisals and sleep-related illness behavior. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 40(6), 927-941. doi: 10.1007/s10865-017-9867-6