Scholarly Interests

Jen Gilbert's research interests include sexuality education, youth studies, and LGBTQ issues in education. Gilbert is author of Sexuality in School: The Limits of Education (University of Minnesota Press, 2014), winner of the AERA Outstanding Book Award (Division B: Curriculum). She is collaborator on the Beyond Bullying Project ( beyondbullyingproject.com ) a storytelling research project that invites high school students, staff, and community members to share stories of LGBTQ+ sexuality and gender. Recent work explores changing conceptualizations of consent in sex education.

Faculty & School/Dept

• Faculty of Education -

Courses Taught

• Adolescent Development & Health (ED/EDFE 1101)
• Inquiries Into Learning (ED/EDFE 2100)
• Sexualities and Education (GS/EDUC 5425)
• Student-Initiated Collaborative Inquiry (ED/EDUC 3998)
• Theory and Research in Language, Culture and Teaching (GS/EDUC 5120)

Selected Publications

• Jen Gilbert (2021). Getting dirty and coming clean: Sex education and the problem of expertise.. Curriculum Inquiry, 1-18. doi:https://doi-org.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/10.1080/03626784.2021.1947732.
• Sharon Lamb, Jen Gilbert, eds. (2018). The Cambridge Handbook of Sexual Development: Childhood and Adolescence. Cambridge University Press
• Jen Gilbert, Jessica Fields, Laura Mamo, Nancy Lesko (2018). Intimate Possibilities: The Beyond Bullying Project and Stories of LGBTQ Sexuality and Gender in U.S. Schools. Harvard Educational Review.
• Julia Sinclair- Palm, Jen Gilbert (2018). Naming new realities: supporting trans youth in education. (Jen Gilbert, Julia Sinclair-Palm, Ed.) Sex Education, 18 (4). doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2018.1452347.
• Jen Gilbert, Jessica Fields, Laura Mamo, Nancy Lesko (2017). Tending Toward Friendship: LGBTQ Sexualities in Schools. Sexualities.
• Jen Gilbert (2014). Sexuality in School: The Limits of Education. Minneapolis: Univeristy of Minnesota Press

Research Projects

Risks worth taking: Young women, risk, and sexuality in the age of COVID-19

Between Yes and No: Rethinking Discourses of Consent in Sex Education

Professional Affiliations

• Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies: Fellow

York University Affiliations/Cross Appointments

• Gender, Feminist and Women's Studies