In 1980, Lewis landed a job in Houston, Texas as the senior videographer for KUHT Channel 8 . In 1981, Lewis moved to KTRK-TV Channel 13, where he produced the 6am Edition of Good Morning Houston. He continued this for 12 years and was the became the producer of GMH’s 9am show as well as senior videographer/editor. During his tenure at GMH, the shows won numerous awards and were nationally ranked as the number one local TV talk shows in their time slots.

Lewis semi-retired from commercial media in 2006 to return to school, he moved to Wimberley, Texas and earned a Master of Arts at Texas State University-San Marcos. While at Texas State Lewis was teacher of record for two advertising classes, TA for two video production classes and TA for Ad Campaigns and Ad Portfolio classes. He was the grad club president and won awards for outstanding service and outstanding grad assistant. He earned his Ph.D. University of Texas-Austin. Lewis started his higher education at Rowan University with a BA in Radio, TV and Film. He was on the Deans List for two years, program director and morning news anchor for the university radio station WGLS-FM and managing editor for the then Glassboro State-TV.

Lewis has been affiliated with The Greater Ft. Bend Economic Development Council,The Ft. Bend Chamber of Commerce and has been a guest lecturer at The University of Houston. He is an accomplished producer/director, with strong writing, videography and editing skills. He is expert level on Media 100-NLE, Final Cut Pro, Premiere, After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign . He is proficient on other Adobe CC applications and other graphic and multi-media tools. He writes and understands Web code and keeps current on the latest tools and protocol. He is expert on Macintosh OS and proficient on Windows OS.

EDUCATION:

BA, Radio, TV and Film, Rowan University

MA, Mass Communication, Texas State University at San Marcos

Ph.D., Journalism, University of Texas at Austin

TITLE: Associate Professor of Media Communication and Media Communication Program Coordinator

DEPARTMENT: Division of Humanities

EMAIL: lknight@swu.edu

PHONE: 864-644-5438

Dr. Lewis Knight came to Southern Wesleyan University in 2013, as the coordinator of the Media Communication program. When he came to SWU, the classes were being offered in a lower level of Newton Hobson Chapel, which also houses the Fine Arts Center and students. At the start of Fall of 2019, the program moved into a visible studio at the Jennings Campus Life Center. Southern Wesleyan's new Digital Media Center can no longer be missed. The studio is visible through a high traffic area, through the windows at Blue Hill Coffee & Tea Co. The new studio is not just a normal classroom, it has a green screen wall, a video wall, production lights, and a hand-built anchor desk.

With Knight's background, he is able to give students hands on experience with what it would be like in a career setting. Graduates from Southern Wesleyan's Media Communications program have gone to work for networks, and network affiliates, that includes TNT and Chattanooga. Other graduates have gone into internal communication roles at Charleston International Airport and the University of South Carolina. One Media Communication graduate is producing video content for national clients, like Best Western.