Prof. Nehama Lewis

Prof. Nehama Lewis (also Lewis-Persky) received her B.A. (2002) and M.A. (2006) from the Hebrew University and an M.A. (2008), and her Ph.D. from the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania (2010). Her research interests focus on health communication, message and campaign effects, information seeking, and persuasion. Her research is published in leading journals in Communication including the Journal of Communication, Health Communication, Journal of Health Communication, New Media and Society, Science Communication, Communication Methods and Measures, Human Communication Research, and others.

Prof. Lewis was a visiting assistant professor at Florida International University’s Community Based Intervention Research Group from 2010-2012, a visiting scholar at the Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR) in fall, 2019, and at San Diego State University's School of Communication (Spring 2025). She has served as an elected member of the board of the Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA) from 2018-2020.

Prof. Lewis is the elected Chair of the Health Communication division of the International Communication Association (2026-2028). She also serves as an editorial board member for Health Communication, Science Communication, and the European Journal of Health Communication.

Courses taught: Introduction to Health Communication; Persuasion: Theory and Research; Campaign Design and Evaluation; Theories of Strategic Communication.