Prof. Dr. Jordan Troeller
Originally from California, Jordan Troeller teachers at Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, near Hamburg, as Junior Professor of Contemporary Art History and Aesthetic Practice. There she also leads the research initiative “The M/Other Project: Creativity, Procreation, and Contemporary Art,” funded by the Volkswagen Foundation (2023-2029). Her publications have appeared in The Art Bulletin, kritische berichte, and October, among other journals and magazines.
In addition to her art historical scholarship and art writing, she has held curatorial positions at the List Visual Arts Center (MIT), the Goethe-Institut Boston, and the Berkeley Art Museum / Pacific Film Archive. She is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, Harvard University, and the Whitney Independent Study Program.
Since 04/2023: Juniorprofessur für Kunstwissenschaft, insb. Ästhetische Praxis, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
2021-23: Postdoc, DFG-Graduiertenkolleg “Nomativität, Kritik, Wandel,” Freie Universität Berlin
2019-21: Universitätsassistentin, Institut für Kunstgeschichte, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz
2018: Promotion (PhD), Harvard University, History of Art and Architecture
2015-19: Whitney Museum of American Art, Independent Study Program, Cassullo Teaching Fellow (2015-16) and Visiting Lecturer (2016-19)
2012: MA, Harvard University, History of Art and Architecture
2008-09: Whitney Museum of American Art, Independent Study Program, Helena Rubinstein Fellow in Critical Studies (Advisor: Hal Foster, Princeton)
2007: BA, University of California, Berkeley, Double major: History of Art and Interdisciplinary Gender Studies, Highest Honors