Jennifer Graber

Jennifer Graber is a Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin, with affiliate faculty status in Native American and Indigenous Studies. She holds a Ph.D. from Duke University and specializes in American religious history, particularly intersections between religion and violence, Native American religions, and inter-religious encounters in carceral and frontier contexts.

• Research Focus: Religion in the American West, prison history, Indigenous epistemologies
• Current Projects: 'Ghost Dancing Across Native North America' (forthcoming from NYU Press)
• Awards: Guggenheim Fellowship, NEH Fellowship, President’s Teaching Excellence Award

Her recent work examines ritual practices like peyote ingestion and legal frameworks such as the 1883 Religious Crimes Code, with public-facing collaborations including the Eiteljorg Museum and Sing Sing Prison Museum. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses spanning religious freedom, religion and animals, and U.S. religious history.