As a sociologist of education, Ebony M. Duncan-Shippy considers how changes in school and social contexts are associated with racial differences in educational access, experiences, and outcomes in the United States.
Ebony M. Duncan-Shippy (Ph.D.) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Education at Washington University in St. Louis. She examines the impacts of race & racism on education reform policy, school-community relationships, and the schooling experiences of marginalized youth in the United States. Her current work examines the implications of charter schools and school choice for racial disparities in education and the social correlates and determinants of school closures in predominately African American communities. Her newest book, Shuttered Schools: Race, Community, and School Closures in American Cities (Information Age Publishing, 2019), analyzes the disproportionate impact of public school closures on African American students in cities across the United States.
