Serena Nanda (born August 13, 1938) is an American author, anthropologist, and professor emeritus.
She received the Ruth Benedict Prize in 1990 for her monograph, Neither Man nor Woman: The Hijras of India.
Serena Nanda was born on August 13, 1938, in New York City[1] and received her Doctor of Philosophy in anthropology from New York University.
Among her areas of specialty was the topic of gender diversity, having written the major reference book on the hijras of India.
[3][4] As of August 2021, she was a professor emeritus at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice.