C. Renée James

Carol Renée James (also published as C. Renée James and C. Renée Beveridge) is an American astronomer. She is a professor of physics at Sam Houston State University. Her research publications include spectroscopy of stars in the galactic halo of the Milky Way and in the Carina Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy, and work on astronomy education. She is also the author of several books popularizing astronomy.

Life
James graduated from Rice University, and has a doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin. Her 2000 doctoral dissertation, Chemical and kinematic correlations in the galactic halo, was supervised by Chris Sneden.