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An illustration of Eve designed to look like a vintage comic book. She is a lightskinned Black woman with her hair pulled back, an oversized pair of glasses, and a comfortable-looking sweater, resting her head on her hand and leaning over a table.

Eve L. Ewing is a writer, scholar, and cultural organizer from Chicago.

She’s the author of the books Electric Arches, Ghosts in the Schoolyard, 1919, and Maya and the Robot. She writes comic books, including Ironheart and Black Panther. And TV, and theater, and a lot of other things as well. Learn more.

Eve is an associate professor in the Department of Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity at the University of Chicago, where she teaches courses on education and racial inequality and directs the Beyond Schools Lab. Learn more.

Dr. Ewing is also a cultural organizer, which means she works collectively with other people to to build and nurture creative communities, and strive for social transformation through artistic and cultural practices. Learn more.

Even though these things are listed separately here, they all live jumbled up together in her head and her heart.

That’s the short version. Read the full bio here.