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Dr. Alex K. Ruuska is the Executive Director and Owner of R. Haus Institute, LLC located in Tucson, Arizona. This organization is a consciousness raising establishment focused on all things anthropological, sustainable, and educational. The principal aim of this organization is to facilitate individual and collective healing through teaching, writing, research, and speaking engagements. In each venue, Alex helps us to rethink the human experience in relationship to each other and the planet, and to find ways to meaningfully integrate knowledges from the past with present and imagined futures.

Alex has a PhD and MA in sociocultural anthropology, with a minor in archaeology. She also has an MA in existential-phenomenological psychology, a bachelor’s degrees in English and psychology, and a minor in writing. She has worked for many years as a university professor, writer, researcher, and ethnographer. She also has worked extensively with Indigenous communities in North America, and has traveled, lived, and conducted research in the Caribbean, South America, and Southeast Asia.

Most importantly, she is the mother of three amazing children who teach her everyday about the preciousness of life and the value of laughter.