Maria Buszek, Ph.D. is a scholar, critic, curator, and Assistant Professor of Art History at the Kansas City Art Institute, where she teaches Modern and contemporary art.
Her recent publications include the book Pin-Up Grrrls: Feminism, Sexuality, Popular Culture (Duke University Press, 2006); contributions to the anthologies Blaze: Discourse on Art, Women, and Feminism (Cambridge Scholar’s Press, 2007) and Contemporary Artists, 5 ed. (St. James Press, 2001); catalogue essays for Gagosian Gallery, Migros Museum of Contemporary Art, and Grand Arts; and articles in Art in America, Photography Quarterly, Woman’s Art Journal, and TDR: The Journal of Performance Studies. She has also been a regular contributor to the popular journal BUST since 1999.
