Mary Ellen Lewis is an adjunct faculty member who connects Peabody with the School of Education through the course Literacy in the Content Areas, a two-part course that is required for the credentialing of teachers in Maryland.

Her career includes a decade as an English teacher and reading specialist in Baltimore’s public school system, followed by over 25 years as an administrator in the nationally honored school at Kennedy Krieger Institute, a research and rehabilitation hospital affiliated with Johns Hopkins Medicine. The students there have complex physical, cognitive and social/emotional needs requiring intense coordination of services to progress in school.

She has worked on multiple projects with the Maryland State Department of Education, including as a member of the Maryland State Professional Standards Board and the committee designing the standards for courses related to instruction in literacy for grades kindergarten through twelve,

She has taught for Johns Hopkins for over 30 years, in addition to teaching at Notre Dame University of Maryland and Goucher College. She is also an alumna of Hopkins, receiving her master’s and doctoral degrees there. Her courses are offered to Peabody students in an online format. 

She lives in Lititz, Pennsylvania, where she continually practices her calligraphy skills.