Jay holds a M.A. in interdisciplinary studies with a concentration in history, political science, women and gender studies. Her graduate thesis offered a comparative analysis of HIV in mass media, not only because art, research, education and activism piloted the city of Chicago but because those themes can be used as a tool to examine social ills such as racism, class-ism and sexism.
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