DR JESSICA RODRIGUEZ-JENKINS
Jessica Rodriguez-JenKins, PhD, LICSW (she/her/hers/ella) is an Assistant Professor in the School or Social Work. She joined PSU in 2017 after receiving her doctoral degree in Social Welfare from the University of Washington’s School of Social Work in Seattle, Washington.
After receiving her MSW degree, Dr. Rodriguez-JenKins worked for over 10 years as a social work practitioner across several areas of practice including as a community mental health child and family therapist, early childhood mental health consultant, perinatal medical social worker, and owned her own private practice. During her doctoral training she was a NIMH Prevention Fellow and a CSWE SAHMSA Minority Fellow. Dr. Rodriguez-JenKins has advanced training in mixed methods research.