Jennifer S. Hirsch

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. 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 is a member of B'nai Jeshurun