Lewis Dimmick

Lecturer

Lewis Dimmick specializes in teaching first-year writing, working to engage beginning college students in meaningful and equitable writing instruction.

Inspired by Paulo Friere’s assertion that “education is politics,” his class is shaped as a democratic project, where students collaborate on curriculum design and their voices are centered in the classroom experience.

A former working musician, his first book, THIS MUSIC: Pieces on Heavy Metal, Punk Rock, and Hardcore Punk, was published by Wardance Records in 2013.

Lewis is also committed to community outreach, currently serving as a writing mentor in the Visible Ink program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

Degrees

MFA, New York University

BA, College of Staten Island

Scholarship and Publications

BOOKS

Dimmick, Lewis. This Music: Pieces on Heavy Metal, Punk Rock, and Hardcore Punk. Wardance Records, 2013.

 

ESSAYS

Dimmick, Lewis. “Now You’re Not Around.” HeadStuff, June 2020.

Dimmick, Lewis. “Hardcore Hero Tom Capone’s Metal Roots.” Decibel Magazine, September 2014.

Dimmick, Lewis. “Controlled Fire.” Decibel Magazine, May 2014.

Lewis Dimmick

Contact Information

Office: Building 2S Room 131