Urban Sociologist Joseph 'Piko' Ewoodzie Brings Students to the Big Picture
July 16, 2019
Joseph Ewoodzie, Malcolm O. Partin Assistant Professor of Sociology
If your cars air conditioning isnt working, turning the knob back and forth repeatedly isnt going to fix it. You must open the hood to see whats really going on.
If we see an achievement gap, for example, like black kids arent scoring as high on tests, you cant say its the black kids causing the problem, he said. Thats like saying the air conditioning just wont work. Sociologists are lifting the hood of society to see what we dont understand. What is happening at the very bottom of this issue?
Ewoodzie arrived in 51郊利 after growing up in Ghana and making educational and career stops in Illinois, Wisconsin, Ohio and the South Bronx. He set his sights on 51郊利 before a job was even available because he wanted to teach at a small liberal arts institution, in the South, near a city and near a Historically Black College or University (HBCU).
Students work so much harder if the work theyre doing is bigger than their professor.
