Dr. Eve L. Ewing in Conversation with Senator Andrea Hunley

She’s the bestselling author of the books Original Sins, Electric Arches, Ghosts in the Schoolyard, 1919, and Maya and the Robot. She writes comic books, including Exceptional X-Men and Ironheart and Black Panther. And TV, and theater, and a lot of other things as well.

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.

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

Even though these things are listed separately here, they all live jumbled up together in her head and her heart." --bio taken from the author's website

A lifelong Hoosier, Sen. Andrea Hunley moved to Indianapolis after graduating from Indiana University to pursue her first teaching job. She taught English on Indy’s west side in one of the largest high schools in the state. She then went on to serve for 10 years as principal of an award-winning K-8 Indianapolis Public School.

Sen. Hunley earned a Master’s Degree in Language Education and a Bachelor’s Degree

in Secondary Education from Indiana University. She holds a PK-12 School Administrator license, license to teach middle and high school English, and a license to teach English as a New Language.

Originally from Fort Wayne, Sen. Hunley was in the foster care system and adopted at a

young age. Supporting our vulnerable children and families is a priority for her.

Sen. Hunley has experienced the joys and challenges of small business ownership and

the importance of the creative economy with her husband of 15 years, Ryan, who is the

Owner/Art Director of Second Street Creative.

Sen. Hunley enjoys biking on the Cultural Trail with her husband their two school-age

children. As a proud one-car family, they are privileged to live within walking distance to

work, school, shops, and a convenient bus route.

Books will be available for purchase at the event and Dr. Ewing will be able to sign copies.

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