Dr Chantelle Jessica Lewis

Andrew Pitt Junior Research Fellow in Black British Studies

I am a public sociologist, and Black feminist intellectual whose research is situated at the intersections of race and class; gender studies, social theory, queer theory, politics and family studies.  

In the broadest sense, my intellectual project is interdisciplinary, but primarily focused on collaborative scholarship and dialogical knowledge production; as well as the democratisation of generative modes of understanding and navigating education. Throughout my work and research so far, I have remained attentive to uplifting and supporting people whose thinking, organising and creative expressions have been overlooked, denied and rejected amongst our research and teaching communities. As a neurodivergent scholar, I am passionate about inclusive education and creative scholarship produced beyond the written word. 

I am co-founder, co-host and executive producer of the Radio Academy award nominated podcast Surviving Society Productions. I have led the curation and production of more than 300 episodes; featuring leading academics, activists and community organisers from across the world. Our work has been funded by universities and research councils, and we have become one of the leading digital resources for the project of public sociology. Over the past four years, we have developed into a sociological media production company focused on producing themed teaching resources. With a listenership concentrated across Europe, Africa and North America primarily, Surviving Society has become a staple of social sciences and humanities reading lists both in UKHE and internationally. 

In Spring 2025 my debut book with Professor Jason Arday (University of Cambridge, Faculty of Education), will be published by Princeton University Press. The book is titled We See Things They'll Never See: Love Hope and Neurodiversity (2025) and is a sociological intervention on the intersectional nature of disability justice. It is a Black feminist and humanist discussion of the gendered and racialised subjectivity of neurodiversity and disability in contemporary society.  

Dr Chantelle Jessica Lewis

Andrew Pitt Junior Research Fellow in Black British Studies

I am a public sociologist, and Black feminist intellectual whose research is situated at the intersections of race and class; gender studies, social theory, queer theory, politics and family studies.  

In the broadest sense, my intellectual project is interdisciplinary, but primarily focused on collaborative scholarship and dialogical knowledge production; as well as the democratisation of generative modes of understanding and navigating education. Throughout my work and research so far, I have remained attentive to uplifting and supporting people whose thinking, organising and creative expressions have been overlooked, denied and rejected amongst our research and teaching communities. As a neurodivergent scholar, I am passionate about inclusive education and creative scholarship produced beyond the written word. 

I am co-founder, co-host and executive producer of the Radio Academy award nominated podcast Surviving Society Productions. I have led the curation and production of more than 300 episodes; featuring leading academics, activists and community organisers from across the world. Our work has been funded by universities and research councils, and we have become one of the leading digital resources for the project of public sociology. Over the past four years, we have developed into a sociological media production company focused on producing themed teaching resources. With a listenership concentrated across Europe, Africa and North America primarily, Surviving Society has become a staple of social sciences and humanities reading lists both in UKHE and internationally. 

In Spring 2025 my debut book with Professor Jason Arday (University of Cambridge, Faculty of Education), will be published by Princeton University Press. The book is titled We See Things They'll Never See: Love Hope and Neurodiversity (2025) and is a sociological intervention on the intersectional nature of disability justice. It is a Black feminist and humanist discussion of the gendered and racialised subjectivity of neurodiversity and disability in contemporary society.