Drew Lewis

I work in mathematics education, education research and faculty development. If you are interested in having me speak or consult please get in touch.

Some recent and upcoming projects I am involved with:

• Impactful curriculum development in mathematics: open education resources for future research, July 21–25, 2025. A weeklong workshop at the American Institute of Mathematics
• MetaMath: Modeling the mathematical sciences community using mathematics, statistics, and data science, December 8–12, 2025. A weeklong workshop at the American Institute of Mathematics
• Alternative Grading Institute, December 17–18, 2025. A two-day professional development offering for faculty interested in converting a course to alternative grading.
• The Grading Conference, June 16–18, 2026. A virtual conference by and for new and experienced practitioners of alternative grading methodologies (e.g. Standards-Based Grading, Ungrading, etc.)

Recent publications:

• Clontz, S. & Lewis, D. (2025). Community-Based, Open Source, Continuous OER Authoring (COCOA): A Novel Model for Open Educational Resources, Journal of Open Educational Resources in Higher Education 3(3), 273-290. https://doi.org/10.31274/joerhe.20094
• Kostiuk, J., Lewis, D., Borges, T., Brandt, M., Chang-Lee, M., Creech, C., Freedman, S., Griffith, S., & Hashimoto, S. (2025). Promoting students’ sense-making in row reducing matrices. PRIMUS. https://doi.org/10.1080/10511970.2025.2518531

My work in the media:

• School Leaders Project podcast: What Leaders Need to Know About Standards-Based Grading
• Relatively Prime Podcast: Federal Funding for Mathematics
• The Grading Podcast: The Current State and Future Wishes for SoTL in Alt Grading – with Dr. Drew Lewis
• The Grading Podcast: Active Learning and Alternative Grading: An Introduction to Team-Based Inquiry Learning with Dr. Drew Lewis and Dr. Steven Clontz
• NPR: “To help new students adapt, some colleges are eliminating grades”
• Western Front: “Narrative evaluations offer an alternative for students at Fairhaven College”
• Carry the Two Podcast: Small Town Policing