Events

Past Event

Sexual Citizens: A Landmark Study of Sex, Power and Assault on Campus

January 21, 2020
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
America/New_York
The Forum at Columbia University, 601 W. 125th St., New York, NY 10027 Auditorium

Through a bracing look into undergraduate social life, sexual relationships, and campus power dynamics, the authors transform how we see and address the most misunderstood problem on college campuses: widespread sexual assault.

Panel discussion with coauthors:

  • Jennifer S. Hirsch, Professor of Sociomedical Sciences at the Mailman School of Public Health, Co-director of the Sexual Health Initiative to Foster Transformation (SHIFT) at Columbia University
  • Shamus Khan, Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology, Co-director of the Ethnographic Team of SHIFT at Columbia University
  • Welcome by: Suzanne Goldberg, Executive Vice President for the Office of University Life
  • Moderated by: Jennifer Ashton, MD, (CC’91, P&S’00, NT’16) Chief Medical Correspondent, ABC News and Bestselling Author, The Self-Care Solution

Book signing and reception will follow the panel discussion. Books will be available for purchase at this event through Book Culture. Sexual Citizens is published by W. W. Norton & Company. Registration is required and is open to the public.

This event is cohosted by the following Columbia University departments and organizations: Center for American Studies; Center for the Study of Social Difference; Columbia Population Research Center; Department of Sociology, Department of Sociomedical Sciences; Graduate School of Arts of Sciences; Institute for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality; Mailman School of Public Health; Office of University Life; The Society of Fellows and Heyman Center for the Humanities; Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies Council.

Contact Information

University Programs and Events, President's Office
212-851-7418