Eric Ferkenhoff
Eric Ferkenhoff is the happy husband of Evelyne and the father of two young sons. He lives near Northwestern's Evanston campus, where he has taught as an adjunct and full-time faculty member since 2005. Prior to joining Norhtwestern, Ferkenhoff worked for six years at the Chicago Tribune before starting a free-lance life that has included working as a Chicago-based correspondent for the Boston Globe, Time Magazine, and the New York Times. Ferkenhoff, who moved to Chicago from Kansas City, his hometown, in 1993, got his start in journalism doing scattered freelance work and working for the City News Bureau of Chicago. Ferkenhoff, 38, is an editor with the Northwestern News21 project.
