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
- Breaking Down Structural Racism with “Ghosts in the Schoolyard”: A conversation with Trevor Noah about racism and public schools.
- Poet Eve Ewing Connects 1919 Chicago To Today's Racial Unrest: An interview with Terry Gross about the 1919 race riots in Chicago and the legacy of the Red Summer.
- King Wanted More Than Just Desegregation: An argument that ending de jure segregation in schools is an insufficient standard for achieving the legacy of Dr. King's educational dreams.
- Vacancies to Fill: Chicago shut down fifty schools, the largest mass public school closure in the nation's history. So what happened to the buildings?
- Obama says he believes in community organizing. He should listen to Chicago’s South Side: An op-ed arguing that to live up to his lauded history as a community organizer, President Obama should support a community benefits agreement.