Eve Tuck facts for kids

Eve Tuck is an Unangax̂ scholar who studies Indigenous peoples and education. She is a professor and helps lead the Center for Indigenous Studies at NYU. Before that, she was a professor at the University of Toronto.

Eve Tuck's Early Life and Education

Eve Tuck is part of the Unangax̂ community from St. Paul Island, Alaska. She grew up in Pennsylvania.

College and University Studies

In 2001, Eve Tuck earned her first degree, a Bachelor of Arts, from Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts. She studied writing and education. Later, in 2008, she received her highest degree, a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), in Urban Education. She earned this from The Graduate Center at the City University of New York.

Important Research and Fellowships

From 2011 to 2012, Dr. Tuck had a special scholarship called a Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship. During this time, she focused on how to do research in a way that respects Indigenous cultures and traditions.

In 2015, she became a William T. Grant Foundation Scholar. This scholarship helped her study how young people who have moved to new places succeed after high school. She also worked as a professor at the University of Toronto. There, she helped with a committee focused on truth and healing for Indigenous peoples.

In 2017, Dr. Tuck received another important award. It was a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair. This award helped her continue her research on Indigenous ways of learning with young people and communities.

Eve Tuck's Work and Projects

Dr. Tuck has done many important things in her career. She has helped edit academic journals and book series. These publications focus on Indigenous and decolonizing studies in education. She often works with K. Wayne Yang on these projects.

Community and Land Projects

Eve Tuck and K. Wayne Yang also started the Land Relationships Super Collective. This group helps people who are working on land-based projects. It also supports efforts to decolonize, which means to undo the effects of colonization.

Since 2013, Dr. Tuck has been involved with the Ogimaa Mikana Project. This project changes street signs in Toronto, Ontario, to show Indigenous place names. This helps people learn about Indigenous history and land.

Podcasts and Discussions

Dr. Tuck is also a creator of The Henceforward podcast. This podcast explores the connections between Indigenous and Black peoples in North America. She wants to encourage more conversations between scholars from these two groups. Her students often help produce and host the show.

Advocating for Indigenous Education

Dr. Tuck is well-known for speaking up about decolonization and Indigenization. Indigenization means making education and universities more welcoming and inclusive for Indigenous students. At the University of Toronto, she organized events and created spaces for Indigenous students.

She also helped create the Citation Practices Challenge. This challenge encourages scholars to think carefully about how they use and credit sources in their work.

Awards and Recognition

• Early Career Award, American Educational Research Association (2014)
• Outstanding Book Award, American Educational Research Association (2013)
• Critics Choice Book Award, American Educational Studies Association (2013)
• Exemplary Paper Award, American Educational Research Association (2012)
• Writing Fellows Dissertation Scholarship, City University of New York (2006-2008)