Jennifer James, PhD, MS, MSW
Jennifer James, PhD, MSW, MSSP, is an Associate Professor in the Institute for Health & Aging, the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and the Bioethics Program at UCSF. Jen is a qualitative researcher and Black Feminist scholar who conducts community-engaged qualitative research on racism and health. She is a sociologist and empirical ethics researcher whose research interests include cancer, chronic illness, reproductive justice, patient-provider relationships, and health decision-making. Her current work is focused on experiences of health and illness for people who are or have been incarcerated. She holds a PhD in sociology from UCSF, a master’s in social work and a master’s of science in social policy from the University of Pennsylvania, and a BA in political science from Yale University.
