Susan E. Eaton

Susan E. Eaton (1964 - ) is an American author, journalist, educator, scholar and philanthropic adviser. She is Director of the Sillerman Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy at the Heller School for Social Policy at Brandeis University. (The Heller School) She also is an adjunct lecturer (Faculty and Research, Harvard Graduate School of Education) at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education. Eaton's work has centered around civil rights in education, school desegregation, racial and ethnic diversity and inclusion in K-12 schools and immigration-related practice and policy at the state and local levels. (Brandeis University Faculty Guide) She is the author of the books, Integration Nation: Immigrants, Refugees and America at its Best', The Children in Room E4: American Education on TrialThe Children in Room E4: American Education on Trial; The Other Boston Busing Story; and with Gary Orfield, co-author of Dismantling Desegregation: The Quiet Reversal of Brown v. Board of Education.Eaton founded and co-directed the storytelling project, One Nation Indivisible, ("Our Staff") from which the book, Integration Nation grew. Her writing has also appeared in The Nation, (Eaton)The New York Times(Eaton2) and other publications.

From 2006 to 2015, Eaton was the research director at the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at Harvard Law School.

References

• Brandeis University Faculty Guide. Dr. Susan E. Eaton
• The Heller School, Harvard's Susan Eaton Selected as New Director of the Sillerman Center for the Advancement of Philanthropyhttp://heller.brandeis.edu/news/items/releases/2015/new-sillerman-director.html. August 5, 2015
• Faculty and Research, Harvard Graduate School of Education. Susan E. Eaton
• "Our Staff" One Nation Indivisible. Susan E. Eaton
• Eaton, Susan. How a ‘New Secessionist’ Movement Is Threatening to Worsen School Segregation and Widen Inequalities. The Nation. May 15, 2014.
• Eaton, Susan. Integration's Last Leg? The New York Times. December 3, 2006