Jessica Wolin
Jessica Wolin, MPH, MCRP, is a full-time lecturer in the Department of Public Health at San Francisco State University. She has 30 years of experience working with higher education institutions, community organizations and local government to develop, implement and evaluate health and wellness strategies, place-based initiatives, and systems change efforts. Prior to joining the faculty at SFSU, Jessica served in leadership and consulting roles at the San Francisco Department of Public Health and the Alameda County Public Health Department. She also held leadership positions at several local non-profit public health organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area and is the co-founder of the Women's Community Clinic which for over a decade was the only free clinic for women in San Francisco.
Jessica served as the Associate Director for Community Practice, Health Equity Institute at SFSU between 2007-2018. In this capacity, she facilitated high profile campus-community partnerships including with the San Francisco Mayor’s Office’s HOPE SF initiative and the UCSF Preterm Birth Initiative. Currently, she is Faculty Lead for Research and Impact at the Center for Equitable Higher Education (CEHE) based at CSU Long Beach and focuses on the issue of basic needs challenges facing California college students. Jessica’s work is guided by a commitment to Research Justice and the principle that research should promote community self-determination.
Teaching
Graduate Level Courses
- Community Health Assessment
- Public Health Program Planning
- Public Health Professional Practicum
Undergraduate Level Courses
- Program Planning, Implementation and Evaluation
- U.S. Public Health System
- Policy Issues in Health Education
- Field Work and Reflective Seminar
Recent Research
| Center for Equitable Higher Education, CSULB (Co-PI) College Focused Rapid Rehousing Evaluation |
2021 - current |
| Center for Equitable Higher Education, CSULB (Faculty Lead) Student Participatory Action Research & Knowledge Program |
2024 - current |
| Center for Equitable Higher Education, CSULB (PI) Defining Affordable Housing for Students In California |
2023 |
| Center for Equitable Higher Education, CSULB (Faculty) Back to Basics Project |
2022 - 2023 |
| San Francisco State University, Health Promotion and Wellness (Co-PI) Basic Needs Programs Evaluation |
2020 - 2022 |
| EDvance Pathways to Success, Marian Wright Edelman Institute (PI) Evaluation of PATH Program |
2019 - 2021 |
| Student Affairs, San Francisco State University (PI) Assessment of Student Housing Insecurity & Homelessness |
2019 |
| Aspen Institute (PI/Consultant) Scan of the Field: Healing Centered Community Organizing |
2019 |
| Collaboration for Children’s Success Initiative, San Mateo County (PI) Evaluation of Community Collaborative Planning Initiative |
2019 |
| Preterm Birth Initiative, University of California San Francisco (PI) Assessment of Pregnancy and Homelessness in San Francisco |
2017 - 2018 |
| HOPE SF, San Francisco Mayor’s Office & SF Foundation (PI) Assessment of Peer-to-Peer Health Assessment of Children & Family Mental Health Assessment of Art & Healing Assessment of Onsite Health Program Assessment of Youth Health & Wellness Evaluation of Youth Employment Program Evaluation of Peer-to-Peer Health Program Phases 1-3 |
2011 - 2018 |
Recent Select Publications
Wolin, J., Lundquist, A., Penn, L., & Davis, L. (in press). State of student basic needs assessment, research and evaluation today.
Wolin, J., Wilking, J., & Calhoun, M. (2024). College student rapid rehousing: Campus-community partnership to address student homelessness. Shelterforce.
Baiocchi, A., Curry, S., Crutchfield, R., Wolin, J., Wilking, J., & Roll, S. (2024). College focused rapid rehousing: Deploying an existing community model to address homelessness on campus. Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community, 52(1), 122–142. https://doi.org/10.1080/10852352.2024.2315369
Wolin, J., Crutchfield, R., & Grubb, B. (2023). The RISE framework: A socio-ecological model for college student basic needs. Center for Equitable Higher Education, California State University Long Beach.
Jimenez, E., Tokunaga, J., & Wolin, J. (2019). Scan of the field: Healing centered community organizing lessons learned. The Aspen Institute, Forum for Community Solutions.
Allen, D., & Wolin, J. (2018). Chapter 7: Housing. In Moving life course theory into action: Making change happen (pp. 123-145). APHA Press.
Wolin, J., & Perkins, J. (2018). Overview of housing and health. Center for Applied Housing Research, San Francisco State University.
Falkenberg, E., Arena, O., & Wolin, J. (2018). Trauma informed community building and engagement. Urban Institute.
Weinstein, E., Wolin, J., & Rose, S. (2014). Trauma informed community building. BRIDGE Housing, Inc.