Dr. Circe Sturm

Biography

Circe Sturm is a practicing anthropologist with a career dedicated to understanding how race shapes lived experiences and socio-political citizenship. Her research primarily focuses on race, sovereignty, citizenship, comparative colonialisms, and indigeneity, with a significant emphasis on Native North American and African American communities. Sturm has authored award-winning books such as 'Blood Politics' and 'Becoming Indian', along with editing significant works on Blackness and Indigeneity. She has been a public intellectual that engages with issues of ethics, social justice, and community involvement, contributing to discussions and debates across various academic and public forums. With over 25 years of teaching experience in anthropology, she has lectured in diverse venues, including universities, public libraries, and Indigenous Law Policy Centers, and is currently a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Texas at Austin, serving as an affiliate faculty member in the Native American Indigenous Studies program.

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