Director's Council of Public Representatives

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Jordan Lewis, M.S.W., Ph.D., Term: 2009–2013

Dr. Jordan Lewis is an assistant professor in the Department of Alaska Native Studies at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF). When he is not teaching, he conducts research in rural Alaskan communities on improving the delivery of health and social services to elders and promoting successful aging. Dr. Lewis is a former Vice President of the National Association of Social Workers, Alaska Chapter, for which he oversaw recruitment and retention of members from rural areas of the state.

Dr. Lewis has presented his research on successful aging among Alaska Natives at conferences around the country and in Sweden. He also has taught courses on rural social work and issues of resilience in Alaska. As a social services worker in Missouri, he set up in-home services for senior citizens and people with blindness and other disabilities.

Dr. Lewis holds a Ph.D. in cross-cultural community psychology from UAF and an M.S.W. from Washington University in St. Louis. He grew up in rural Alaska, spending his winters on the Oregon coast and his summers commercial fishing. True to his Alaskan roots, he loves snow and hockey.