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. 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 JeshurunProvided by Wikipedia
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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. 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
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