Jennifer S. Hirsch | |
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![]() Hirsch speaks at Politics & Prose in Washington, D.C., in January 2020 | |
Born | 1967 New York, New York |
Occupation(s) | Researcher, professor, social justice advocate |
Board member of | Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (2014-2020) |
Awards | Guggenheim Fellow 2012 |
Academic background | |
Education | Johns Hopkins University, Ph.D. Princeton University B.A |
Alma mater | Princeton University, Johns Hopkins University |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Deputy Chair for Doctoral Studies,Department of Sociomedical Sciences,Mailman School of Public Health,Columbia University |
Main interests | Community health,global health,HIV/AIDS,maternal and reproductive health,LGBT health |
Notable works | Sexual Citizens:Sex,Power and Assault on Campus;A Courtship After Marriage:Sexuality and Love in Mexican Transnational Families |
Jennifer Hirsch is a professor of Sociomedical Sciences at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. From 2010 to 2024,she directed Sociomedical Sciences's doctoral programs. She currently co-directs the Columbia Center for Population Research. Hirsch also co-directed the Sexual Health Initiative to Foster Transformation. [1] [2] Her work spans topics such as gender,human sexuality,and public health. Her book,A Courtship After Marriage:Sexuality and Love in Mexican Transnational Families,which has been used widely in college classrooms,explores the lives of Mexican women in Atlanta and rural Mexico,with a focus on changing ideas of marriage among Latinx couples. Hirsch served on the Board of Directors of Jews for Racial and Economic Justice from 2014 to 2020 (and as board chair from 2018 to 2020) and is a member of B'nai Jeshurun [3]
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