Jeannie Suk Gersen writes on the legal complexities of the United States's evolving attitudes towards women's rights, sexual harassment and the interplay between law and politics.
Why you should listen
Born in South Korea, Jeannie Suk Gersen immigrated to the US in 1979. She joined the Harvard Law School faculty in 2006, and in 2010 she became the first Asian American woman at the school to receive tenure. She has taught courses on various facets of law of marriage and family, sexual assault and harassment and campus misconduct. She is a contributing writer to The New Yorker.
Before joining the Harvard faculty, she served as a law clerk to Justice David Souter on the United States Supreme Court. She served as an Assistant District Attorney at the Manhattan District Attorney's Office.
