Gladys S. Lewis, a full Professor, received her BA in Psychology from Texas Christian University (1956), her MA in English and Creative Writing (summa cum laude) from Central State University (1985), and her Ph.D. in Early American and British Literature to 1910 from Oklahoma State University (1992).

Recipient of many honors, she was granted the Excellence in Teaching Award for UCO in 1996-97, and is listed in Who's Who and a number of Who's Who specialty publications, as well as being selected Woman of the Year, 1994, by the American Biographical Institute.

She belongs to a long list of professional organizations, some of which include the following: The Hemingway Society, The Harriet Beecher Stowe Society, The John Bunyan Society, The Modern Language Association, and The Society of Biblical Literature. She is the author of Message, Messenger, and Response: Puritan Forms and Cultural Reformation in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom's Cabin. She has published in many literary journals, and presented papers in regional, national and international conferences.

Dr. Lewis teaches undergraduate American literature courses, graduate seminars in 16th- and 19th-century American and British literature. She served from 2000 to 2008 as the Executive Editor of New Plains Review, the literary journal of the liberal arts college.