Renya K. Ramirez
Born1959 (age 63–64)
Occupation(s)Academic, author, feminist
Children3
ParentWoesha Cloud North (mother)
RelativesElizabeth Bender Roe Cloud (grandmother)
Henry Roe Cloud (grandfather)
Chief Bender (great-uncle)
Academic background
Alma materStanford Graduate School of Education (PhD)
ThesisHealing through grief: Native Americans re-imagining culture, community and citizenship in San Jose, California (1999)
Doctoral advisorRenato Rosaldo
Academic work
DisciplineAnthropology
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Santa Cruz

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.

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

  1. ↑ "VIAF".
  2. 1 2 McNulty, Jennifer (December 13, 2018). "Author's grandparents stood up to 'colonial power' in early 1900s". Indianz. Retrieved 2020-08-30.
  3. 1 2 3 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.
  4. 1 2 3 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.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Reviews of Native Hubs:
  7. ↑ Reviews of Standing Up to Colonial Power:
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