Lahir di Boyolali 12 September 1975. Gelar Doktor diraih dari Universitaet Munster Jerman (2008), Master dari Monash University Australia (2004), dan S1 dari UMS Solo. Sekarang mengajar di UMS dan dosen tamu Kajian Wanita di (Sekolah Paska IKG UIN Kalijaga Yogyakarta, UGM, dan UKSW Salatiga). Riset posdoktoral (2013-2016) dilakukan di Universitaet Lund Swedia (2013-2017) perihal kepemimpinan anak perempuan.

Ia meneliti, mengedit, dan menulis beberapa karya ilmiah, di antaranya seri EKOFEMINISME I-IV. Beberapa karya risetnya: Gender, Authority and Women’s Agency in Indonesian Veiling (Paris: IRASEC, 2013); Body Memories: Goddesses of Nusantara, Rings of Fire and Narratives of Myth (Jakarta: YJP Press 2015) ; “The Spiritual Politics of the Kendeng Mountains against the Global Cement Industry”in After the Death of Nature: Carolyn Merchant and the Future of Human-Nature Relations (edited by Kenneth Worthy, Elizabeth Allison, and Whitney Bauman (ROUTLEDGE, 2019).

Dalam luangnya, ia juga melukis bersama anak autisnya, Ivan Ufuq Isfahan, di studio Jejer Wadon, Pengging, Boyolali. Pameran lukisan yang pernah diikuti adalah: Bentara Budaya Surakarta, Balai Soedjatmoko, Collaborative Exhibition Mother and Autistic Son: Ivan Ufuq Isfahan & Dewi Candraningrum, 26-31 August 2013. Solo Drawing Exhibition, Solo Paragon Hotel and Residents, WAJAH Rahim, 20 December 2014-5 January 2015. Solo Painting Exhibition, Sangkring Art Project, Yogyakarta: DOKUMEN RAHIM, 13 Maret sd 27 Maret 2015. GIRL POWER painting exhibition at GALERI CEMARA Menteng Jakarta, September 2018. FEMALE POWER painting exhibition at JEJER WADON STUDIO, Boyolali, 25 November-10 Desember 2018. Pameran 6 Perupa Perempuan SIKLUS BUANA di Galeri Cipta TIM Jakarta pada 15-29 Oktober 2019.