Eve Ewing

Eve Ewing
Born
Eve Louise Ewing

1986 (age 37–38)
EducationUniversity of Chicago (BA)
Dominican University, Illinois (MA)
Harvard University (MEd, EdD)
Occupation(s)Academic, poet, artist, writer
EmployerUniversity of Chicago
Notable workElectric Arches (2017)
Ghosts in the Schoolyard (2018)
Ironheart
SpouseDamon Jones
WebsiteOfficial website

Eve Louise Ewing[1] (born 1986) is an American sociologist, author, poet, and visual artist from Chicago, Illinois. Ewing is a tenured professor at the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago. Her academic research in the sociology of education includes her 2018 book, Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago's South Side, a study of school closures in Chicago. She is the former editor at Seven Scribes[2] and the author of the poetry collection Electric Arches which was released in September 2017.[3] In 2019, she published 1919, a poetry collection centered around the Chicago race riot of 1919. Additionally, Ewing is the author of the Ironheart comic book series for Marvel centered on the young heroine Riri Williams.[4]

  1. ^ "Eve Ewing". Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture. The University of Chicago. Archived from the original on July 11, 2018. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  2. ^ Giorgis, Hannah (August 24, 2015). "Stock Photos of Black People Are Finally Moving Beyond Racist Stereotypes". New Republic. Archived from the original on May 24, 2019. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  3. ^ "Eve Ewing Bends Time and Space in "Electric Arches"". BLARB. October 28, 2017. Archived from the original on March 28, 2019. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
  4. ^ Myers, Quinn (July 30, 2019). "Eve L. Ewing Explores Race Riots in New Poetry Collection '1919'". WTTW. Archived from the original on July 31, 2019. Retrieved July 31, 2019.