Tani Barlow is an American historian. She is the George and Nancy Rupp Professor of Humanities at Rice University in Houston, Texas. Formerly, Barlow was a professor of history and women studies at the University of Washington and the University of Missouri-Columbia. She is known for her research on feminism in China.

Career

Barlow was professor of history and women studies at the University of Washington. She researched modern China with a particular focus on feminism in China. She received the Best New Journal Award from the Council of Editors of Learned Journals in 1995 for her journal Positions: Asia critique. In 2008, she published a co-edited volume entitled The Modern Girl around the World: Consumption, Modernity, and Globalization on Duke University Press. She is currently the George and Nancy Rupp Professor of Humanities at Rice University. In 2021, Barlow published In The Event of Women with Duke University Press.

Selected works