James graduated from Rice University, and has a doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin.[1] Her 2000 doctoral dissertation, Chemical and kinematic correlations in the galactic halo, was supervised by Chris Sneden.[2]
Books
James, C. Renée (2010). Seven Wonders of the Universe That You Probably Took for Granted. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN978-0-8018-9797-9.[3]
James, C. Renée (2014). Science Unshackled: How obscure, abstract, seemingly useless scientific research turned out to be the basis for modern life. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN978-1-4214-1500-0.[4]
James, C. Renée (2023). Things That Go Bump in the Universe: How Astronomers Decode Cosmic Chaos. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN978-1-4214-4693-6. [5]