Jennifer Tyburczy

Jennifer Tyburczy is an Associate Professor in Feminist Studies at UC Santa Barbara, with affiliations in Theater & Dance and Latin American & Iberian Studies. Her work intersects queer theory, museum studies, and transnational politics.

• PhD: Performance Studies, Northwestern University (with Gender Studies certificate)
• MA: English, University of Texas, Austin
• BA: English, Journalism & Mass Communication (Spanish minor), UNC Chapel Hill

Her research focuses on queer archives, museum politics, and the intersections of race, sexuality, and political economy. Recent projects include Sex Museums (2016), analyzing how institutions display sexuality, and a forthcoming book on NAFTA's impact on intimacy economies.

Notable awards include the Lambda Literary Award and Crompton-Noll Award. She curated the award-winning Irreverent: A Celebration of Censorship exhibition at the Leslie-Lohman Museum (NYC).

Current projects include Sex After NAFTA, examining economic policies' influence on intimate practices through interdisciplinary methods.