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.