Jennifer Grubbs is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at Antioch College. Across her teaching and scholarship, she critically examines how intersecting hierarchies of race, gender, species, and power shape systems of violence. Her research portfolio includes an ethnographic study of earth and animal liberation actions in North America, with a particular focus on queer performativity and the spectacle of direct action, documentary storytelling short films using critical discourse analysis, and community-based research focused on a pro-bono legal organization that provides legal services (applications for citizenship, green cards, asylum, humanitarian parole, deportation defense, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, and much more) to immigrants in Ohio. Her current research project is a multi-species examination of animal farms and animal training programs within carceral spaces through ethnographic research. Her book, “Ecoliberation: Reimagining Resistance and the Green Scare,” (McGill-Queens University Press, 2021) engages with the tensions in activist-scholarship, political repression, and the power of imagination. Dr. Grubbs is interested in deconstructing the interconnected hierarchies that are used to naturalize and perpetuate systems of violence through a critical media lens. Her courses foster a unique experience by incorporating a range of technologies and voices that encourage critical thinking through discussion.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Anthropology with Specialization in Race, Gender, and Social Justice, American University

• Dissertation: Queer(ey)ing the Ecoterrorist: Neoliberal Capitalism, Political Repression as Discipline, and the Spectacle of Direct Action. Committee: Dr. Daniel O. Sayers (Chair), Dr. William Leap, Dr. Stephen Depoe

M.A. in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, University of Cincinnati

• MA Thesis: “The Intersectionality of Oppression: The Inclusion of Speciesism.” Committee: Dr. Lisa Hogeland (Chair), Dr. Adrian Parr, Dr. Jane Anderson, Dr. Elizabeth Farians

M.A. in Communication, University of Cincinnati

• MA Thesis: “Farm Sanctuary: Creating a Space Where Theory Meets Practice.” Committee: Dr. Stephen Depoe (Chair), Dr. James Crocker-Lakness, Dr. Michael J. Woeste

B.A. in Communication, University of Cincinnati