Jeffrey M. Hirsch
· Geneva Yeargan Rand Distinguished Professor of LawUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Law
Active 2007–2026
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About
Jeffrey M. Hirsch is the Geneva Yeargan Rand Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina School of Law, where he joined in 2011. His teaching and research focus on labor and employment law issues, with particular attention to topics such as technology in the workplace, unions, and dismissal law. He has authored numerous books, book chapters, articles, and essays on these subjects, and his work has been recognized through various awards including the University of Tennessee’s Marilyn V. Yarbrough Faculty Award for Writing Excellence, Carolina Law’s Charles E. Daye Award for Excellence in Service, the Frederick B. McCall Award for Teaching Excellence, and the Paul Steven Miller Award for contributions to labor and employment law. Hirsch has served in leadership roles such as Associate Dean for Strategy and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at UNC Law, and he is actively involved in the broader legal community as an editor of the Workplace Prof Blog, an executive committee member of the Labor Law Group, a research fellow at NYU Center for Labor & Employment Law, and a former chair of the AALS Labor Relations & Employment Law Section. His educational background includes a J.D. from NYU School of Law, a Master of Public Policy from the College of William & Mary, and a B.A. from the University of Virginia. He clerked for federal judges, litigated in the National Labor Relations Board's Appellate Court Branch, and has taught at the University of Tennessee…
Research topics
- Computer Science
- Medicine
- Geography
- Information Retrieval
- Data Mining
- Environmental health
- Artificial Intelligence
- Political Science
- Machine Learning
- Mathematics
Selected publications
Obtaining Longitudinal Built Environment Data Retrospectively across 25 years in Four US Cities
UNC Libraries · 2026-03-27
articleOpen accessBACKGROUND: Neighborhood transportation infrastructure and public recreational facilities are theorized to improve the activity, weight, and cardiometabolic profiles of individuals living in close proximity to these resources. However, owing to data limitations, there has not been adequate study of the influence of timing and placement of new infrastructure on health over time. METHODS: This protocol details methods of the four cities study to perform retrospective field audits in order to capit…
PubMed · 2026-05-01
articleOpen access2026;116(5):711-721. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2025.308407).
UNC Libraries · 2026-05-08
articleOpen access<strong>Objectives.</strong> To determine whether optimism and anger modify the association between neighborhood disadvantage and incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) and whether these relationships vary by ethnoracial group. <strong>Methods.</strong> We drew data from 4326 participants in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA: 2000-2019), a cohort of US adults aged 45 to 84 years without baseline CVD. We measured neighborhood disadvantage using the Area Deprivation Index. We assessed…
Self-Reported Resilience During the COVID-19 Pandemic
UNC Libraries · 2025-08-13
articleOpen accessIMPORTANCE: Identifying factors associated with resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic can inform targeted interventions and resource allocation for groups disproportionately affected by systemic inequities. OBJECTIVE: To examine factors associated with self-reported resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic in racially and ethnically diverse, community-dwelling US adults. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: This cross-sectional study was conducted as part of the Collaborative Cohort of Cohorts fo…
Advancing Studies on Neighborhoods and Brain Health: New Methodologies and Underrepresented Groups
Innovation in Aging · 2025-12-01
articleOpen accessSenior authorAbstract Evidence is building for associations between neighborhood social/built environments and brain health in older adults. Studies show that individuals in more deprived neighborhoods have faster cognitive decline and increased dementia risk, while those in neighborhoods with more health-promoting resources (e.g., parks, destinations) have slower cognitive decline and lower dementia risk. However, prior studies had some methodological limitations by not considering critical periods of expos…
Frequent coauthors
- 39 shared
Daniel A. Rodrı́guez
University of California, Berkeley
- 31 shared
Kari Moore
- 25 shared
Meghan Winters
Simon Fraser University
- 24 shared
Penny Gordon‐Larsen
- 23 shared
Ana V. Diez Roux
Drexel University
- 22 shared
Ke Peng
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College
- 21 shared
Gina S. Lovasi
Drexel University
- 18 shared
Yvonne L. Michael
Drexel University
Education
- 1983
B.A., English
University of Michigan
- 1986
Other, Law
University of Michigan
- 1990
Ph.D., English
University of Michigan
Awards & honors
- University of Tennessee’s Marilyn V. Yarbrough Faculty Award…
- Carolina Law’s Charles E. Daye Award for Excellence in Servi…
- Carolina Law’s Frederick B. McCall Award for Teaching Excell…
- Paul Steven Miller Award for outstanding academic and public…
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