Ruth Behar

Ruth Behar --ethnographer, novelist, poet, and filmmaker--is the James W. Fernandez Distinguished University Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan. The recipient of two Fulbright Awards, a MacArthur "Genius Grant," and a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, she was named a "Great Immigrant" by the Carnegie Corporation and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Behar is the author of several works of ethnography, including Translated Woman: Crossing the Border...See more

Ruth Behar --ethnographer, novelist, poet, and filmmaker--is the James W. Fernandez Distinguished University Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan. The recipient of two Fulbright Awards, a MacArthur "Genius Grant," and a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, she was named a "Great Immigrant" by the Carnegie Corporation and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Behar is the author of several works of ethnography, including Translated Woman: Crossing the Border with Esperanza's Story and Traveling Heavy: A Memoir in Between Journeys , and the coming-of-age novels Lucky Broken Girl and Letters from Cuba . Born in Havana, she grew up in New York and has also lived in Spain and Mexico. Today she lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan. See less