Shevaun Lewis

Director, UMARC
Assistant Director, Language Science Center
Assistant Research Professor

I have been Director of UMARC since 2022, and Assistant Director of the Language Science Center since 2016. In both roles, I work to foster interdisciplinary research and community across multiple colleges.

I’ve been interested in autism since my youngest brother was diagnosed nearly 30 years ago; it was one of the things that led me to study cognitive and language development. Leading UMARC has been a welcome opportunity to combine that interest with my skills in interdisciplinary research and community building. 

My current research aims to create tools and practices to make labs and workplaces more inclusive of autistic students and employees.