Eve L. Ewing
National Fellow, 2021
Eve L. Ewing, National Fellow, is a sociologist of education and a writer from Chicago. She is the author of three award-winning books: the poetry collections 1919 and Electric Arches, and the nonfiction work Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago's South Side. Her 2021 book, Maya and the Robot, is her first book for young readers. She also writes for Marvel Comics. Ewing's writing, research, and teaching explore themes of race, education, Black girlhood and womanhood, Afrofuturism, and her hometown. Currently, she is working on a book about the historical and contemporary role of schools in creating anti-Black and anti-Native racial ideologies. Ewing is an assistant professor at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration.
Selected Work
- : A conversation with Trevor Noah about racism and public schools.
- : An interview with Terry Gross about the 1919 race riots in Chicago and the legacy of the Red Summer.
- : An argument that ending de jure segregation in schools is an insufficient standard for achieving the legacy of Dr. King's educational dreams.
- : Chicago shut down fifty schools, the largest mass public school closure in the nation's history. So what happened to the buildings?
- : An op-ed arguing that to live up to his lauded history as a community organizer, President Obama should support a community benefits agreement.
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