Annie Marie Lewis
UW Honors Graduates
Annie Marie Lewis

English and History
Jewish Studies and Spanish
Designation: College Honors
Honors Grads 2017/2018
Proudest Moment: One of my proudest moments at UW was being selected as a nominee for the Dean's Medal in the Social Sciences.
Thesis: Honors English Thesis: "Reacting to the Past: Dismantling the Reductionist View of Identity"; Honors History Thesis: “Precarious Whiteness: Reimagining the Seattle Sephardic Origin Story”
annieml@uw.eduHi there! My name is Annie. I double majored in English and History and double minored in Spanish and Jewish studies. Intellectual challenge, community building, and student empowerment—three of my top values—are exemplified by my participation in three University Honors Programs: Interdisciplinary Honors, English Departmental Honors, and History Departmental Honors. My specialty knowledge in English is focused on trauma studies, identity and identity-based conflict, and modernity. In history, I am most well-versed in race and immigration studies studies, Jewish studies, and European history.
After graduation, I plan on pursuing a career in Academic Support Programs and will take my first steps towards that goal by traveling for 8 months with the Bonderman Fellowship. As an aspiring educator, I hope to use my travels to explore diverse expressions of vulnerability and gain greater multicultural awareness. Upon returning to the United States, I hope to create new types of culturally-sensitive academic support programs that better assist underrepresented, underserved, and marginalized groups. To explore how higher education can be more equitable and intentional about supporting social justice, I will travel to China, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, India, South Africa, Tanzania, and Morocco.