She is the George and Nancy Rupp Professor of Humanities at Rice University in Houston, Texas.
Barlow was professor of history and women studies at the University of Washington.
[1] In 2008, she published a co-edited volume entitled The Modern Girl around the World: Consumption, Modernity, and Globalization on Duke University Press.
[3] She is currently the George and Nancy Rupp Professor of Humanities at Rice University.
[4] In 2021, Barlow published In The Event of Women with Duke University Press.