Renya K. Ramirez
Renya Katarine Ramirez (born 1959)[1] is a Ho-Chunk American anthropologist, author, and Native feminist. She is a professor of anthropology at University of California, Santa Cruz. Ramirez has written 2 books on Native American culture.
Renya K. Ramirez | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1959 (age 63–64) |
| Occupation(s) | Academic, author, feminist |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent | Woesha Cloud North (mother) |
| Relatives | Elizabeth Bender Roe Cloud (grandmother) Henry Roe Cloud (grandfather) Chief Bender (great-uncle) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Stanford Graduate School of Education (PhD) |
| Thesis | Healing through grief: Native Americans re-imagining culture, community and citizenship in San Jose, California (1999) |
| Doctoral advisor | Renato Rosaldo |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Anthropology |
| Institutions | University of California, Santa Cruz |
Early life and education
Reyna K. Ramirez was born in 1959 to Woesha Cloud North and Robert Carver.[2] She has 3 sisters and a brother.[3] She is the youngest granddaughter of prominent Native American leaders Elizabeth Bender Roe Cloud and Henry Roe Cloud.[2] Ramirez is an enrolled member of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.[4] She completed a Ph.D. at Stanford Graduate School of Education in 1999. Her dissertation was titled, Healing through grief: Native Americans re-imagining, culture, community and citizenship in San Jose, California. Ramirez's doctoral advisor was Renato Rosaldo.[3]
Career
Ramirez is a professor of anthropology at University of California, Santa Cruz.[4] She is a Native feminist scholar.[5] Ramirez is the executive producer, co-producer, screenwriter, and co-director of the film, Standing in the Place of Fear: Legacy of Henry Roe Cloud.[4]
Personal life
Ramirez is married to Gil and has a daughter and 2 sons.[3]
Selected works
- Ramirez, Renya K. (2007). Native Hubs: Culture, Community, and Belonging in Silicon Valley and Beyond. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0-8223-4030-0.[6]
- Ramirez, Renya K. (2018). Standing Up to Colonial Power: The Lives of Henry Roe and Elizabeth Bender Cloud. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-1-4962-1268-9.[7]
References
- "VIAF".
- McNulty, Jennifer (December 13, 2018). "Author's grandparents stood up to 'colonial power' in early 1900s". Indianz. Retrieved 2020-08-30.
- Ramirez, Renya Katarine (1999). Healing through grief: Native Americans re-imagining, culture, community and citizenship in San Jose, California (Ph.D. thesis). Stanford University. OCLC 83290481.
- Grad, Rachel (March 21, 2018). "Professor Digs Into Family History To Tell Story Of Native American Activism". UC Santa Cruz Anthropology Chronicle. Retrieved 2020-08-30.
- Ramirez, Renya K. (2008). "Learning across Differences: Native and Ethnic Studies Feminisms". American Quarterly. 60 (2): 303–307. doi:10.1353/aq.0.0021. ISSN 0003-0678. JSTOR 40068539. S2CID 146619200.
- Reviews of Native Hubs:
- Buff, Rachel Ida (2009). "Review". Wíčazo Ša Review. 24 (2): 193–195. doi:10.1353/wic.0.0046. ISSN 1533-7901. S2CID 201764896.
- Maxwell-Long, T. (2008). "Review". Choice Reviews. eISSN 1523-8253. ISSN 0009-4978.
- Peters, Evelyn J. (2008). "Review". Progress in Human Geography. 32 (5): 729–731. doi:10.1177/03091325080320050606. ISSN 0309-1325. S2CID 144860350.
- Nichols, Roger L. (March 2008). "Review". Journal of American Ethnic History. 27 (3): 123. doi:10.2307/27501846. eISSN 1936-4695. ISSN 0278-5927. JSTOR 27501846. S2CID 254490942.
- Reviews of Standing Up to Colonial Power:
- "Review". Publishers Weekly. 265 (43): 80. October 2018.
- Osburn, Katherine M. B. (March 2020). "Review". Journal of American History. 106 (4): 1100–1101. doi:10.1093/jahist/jaz778. ISSN 0021-8723.