Carolyn Lewis Interview by Stephen Gaydos, March 31, 2026
Transcript of Interview
Interviewee
Lewis, Carolyn
Interviewer
Gaydos, Stephen
Interview Date
3-31-2026
Description
Dr. Carolyn Lewis is Director and General Manager Emerita, WOUB Public Media. She also currently serves on the Ohio University Alumni Board of Directors, as an advisor to the student chapters of the NAACP, and as a student mentor. Dr. Lewis earned a Bachelor of Science in Journalism and a master’s in journalism from West Virginia University, where she was the first Black woman to graduate with a bachelor’s degree from the Perley I. Reed School of Journalism. She also received her Ph.D. in Communication Studies from the Scripps College of Communication at Ohio University. She worked in public broadcasting for thirty-eight years, including at WNPB-TV in Morgantown, where she was named the first Black woman general manager of a public television station in the continental United States. As a user of a wheelchair, Dr. Lewis has been active in advocating for disability rights and has helped to make much progress on campus with accessibility issues.
This interview was conducted as part of a class project for Recording Memory: Methods and Uses of Oral History, Spring 2026, Alexander G. Lovelace (Ph.D.) Instructor
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Keywords
Ohio University, Athens Ohio, Appalachia, Disability Awareness, Journalism, WOUB, WNPB
Disciplines
Oral History
Publication Date
Spring 4-29-2026
Interview Location
Athens, Ohio
Digital Publisher
Ohio University Libraries
Document Type
Oral History
Duration
00:48:10
File Format
audio/mpeg
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
Recommended Citation
Lewis, Carolyn and Gaydos, Stephen K., "Carolyn Lewis Interview by Stephen Gaydos, March 31, 2026" (2026). HIST 4798/5798: Recording Memory: Methods and Uses of Oral History. 26.
https://ohioopen.library.ohio.edu/hist4798/26