Shelby Faye Lewis is an American political scientist and African studies scholar.
[2] In 1968, Lewis was on the faculty of Southern University and met Mae King for the first time as a PhD student there.
[7] Together, they worked on a conference on African International Studies in Ethiopia as well as research on Hurricane Katrina.
[7] In 1983, she was a Senior Fulbright Lecturer at the National University of Lesotho, where she helped to establish the Women's Research Collective.
[2][11] Between 1995 and 1997, Lewis worked at Morris Brown College as Vice President for Academic Affairs.