Celina Su is the Marilyn J. Gittell Chair in Urban Studies and a Professor of Political Science, Environmental Psychology, and Urban Education at the City University of New York. Her publications include Streetwise for Book Smarts: Grassroots Organizing and Education Reform in the Bronx (Cornell University Press) and pieces in the New York Times Magazine, Harper’s, n+1, and elsewhere. Her work focuses on everyday struggles for collective governance, centering economic democracy and racial justice. She has received several distinguished fellowships, including a Berlin Prize and a Whiting Award for Excellence in Teaching.