She is an interdisciplinary feminist scholar with specializations in Feminist of Color Theory, Hip Hop Culture, Latinx Studies, LGBT and Queer Studies, Performance Aesthetics, Transnational Feminisms, and Digital Humanities. She has publications in TDR: the journal of performance studies, Women & Performance: a journal of feminist theory, and Rhizomes: Cultural Studies in Emerging Knowledge. Dr. Pabón was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Arts & Humanities at New York University, Abu Dhabi from 2013–2014 and an American Association of University Women Fellow from 2012–2013. She is currently preparing her manuscript Graffiti Grrlz: Performing Feminism in the Hip Hop Diaspora for publication. She blogs about her work at www.jessicapabon.com and tweets from @justjess_phd.