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Susan E. Eaton

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Susan E. Eaton (born in 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.[1]

Career

Academic career

She is an adjunct lecturer 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.[2]

Writings

She is the author of the books Integration Nation: Immigrants, Refugees and America at its Best, The 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.[3][4] Her writing has also appeared in The Nation, The New York Times and other publications.[citation needed]

From 2006 to 2015, Eaton was the research director at the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at Harvard Law School.[5][6]

Integration Nation is nominated for WSU Common Reading for the 2016-17 academic year.[7]

Books

  • Dismantling Desegregation: The Quiet Reversal of Brown V. Board of Education. New York: New Press, 1996 ISBN 9781565843059[8]
  • The Other Boston Busing Story: What's Won and Lost Across the Boundary Line. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001. ISBN 9780300087659[9]
  • The Children in Room E4: American Education on Trial. Chapel Hill, N.C: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2007. ISBN 9781565124882[10][11]
  • Integration Nation: Immigrants, Refugees, and America at Its Best. The New Press, 2016, p. 192. ISBN 9781620970959.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Harvard's Susan Eaton selected as new director of the Sillerman Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy | The Heller School at Brandeis University". heller.brandeis.edu. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  2. ^ "A letter from 106 Methodist pastors on Initiative 42". The Clarion Ledger. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Stories Show We Are One Nation Indivisible | Teaching Tolerance - Diversity, Equity and Justice". Tolerance.org. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Guess who benefits most from racially diverse schools". Mother Jones Magazine. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Susan Eaton". The Nation. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  6. ^ "How do we do ELL well?". Boston Globe. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Nominated for the 2016-17 academic yearReading". Washington State University. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  8. ^ "Dismantling Desegr -Op/58". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  9. ^ "The Other Boston Busing Story: Whats Won and Lost Across the Boundary Line". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  10. ^ "The Children in Room E-4". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  11. ^ "THE CHILDREN IN ROOM E4 by Susan Eaton". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  12. ^ "Integration Nation: Immigrants, Refugees, and America at Its Best". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 9 October 2016.