Regna Darnell ya iku ahli antropologi wanita saka Cleveland, Ohio, Amérikah Sarékat, kalairan tanggal 10 Juli 1943. Pandhidhikané saka Bryn Mawr College (BA) taun 1965, MA lan Ph.D. saka ing University of Pennsylvania taun 1967 lan 1969. Regna naté nglakoni panlitian lapangan ana ing Plains Cree (1969), Doukobors (1971), Gambia (1985), Ojibwe lan Mohawk (1990). Saka panlitiané, Regna nulis karya-karya akademis kayadéné "Edward Sapir: Linguist, Anthropologist, Humanist" (1990), "And along Came Boas: Continuity and Revolution in Americanist Anthropology" (1998), "Theorizing the Americanist Tradition" (tinulis bareng karo L. Valentine taun 1999), lan "Invisible Genealogies: A History of Americanist Anthropology" (2001). Regna iki digladhen ing bab linguistik lan antropologi budhaya, uga sujarah antropologi. Dhéwéké dadi sawiji antropolog kang nuduhaké bab antropologi Amérika.