Jennifer S. Hirsch

Jennifer S. Hirsch
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 at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. She is the deputy chair for doctoral studies in the Department of Sociomedical Studies, and co-director of Columbia's Center for Population Research. Hirsch also co-directed the Sexual Health Initiative to Foster Transformation.^[1] 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 2014-2020 (and as board chair from 2018-2020) and is a member of B'nai Jeshurun^[2]