Ruth Behar

Ruth Behar
Born1956 (age 67–68)[1]
Cuba
NationalityAmerican
Alma materPrinceton University
Wesleyan University
Scientific career
FieldsCultural Anthropology
InstitutionsUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Ruth Behar (born 1956) is a Cuban-American anthropologist and writer.[2] Her work includes academic studies, as well as poetry, memoir, and literary fiction. As an anthropologist, she has argued for the open adoption and acknowledgement of the subjective nature of research and participant-observers. She is a recipient of the Belpré Medal.[3]

  1. ^ "Behar, Ruth". snac. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
  2. ^ Ruth Behar Archived 2010-06-09 at the Wayback Machine Michigan Writers Collection
  3. ^ JCARMICHAEL (2018-02-12). "Juana Martinez-Neal, Ruth Behar win Pura Belpré Awards". News and Press Center. Retrieved 2020-04-29.