Jessica Wolin

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Jessica Wolin is the faculty lead of research and impact for the Center for Equitable Higher Education based at California State University, Long Beach. Wolin is also a full-time lecturer faculty in the department of public health at San Francisco State University. She was principal investigator for the Assessment of Housing Insecurity and Homelessness at SFSU and is currently co-principal investigator of the Evaluation of College Focused Rapid Rehousing.

In a large sunny library, a red-haired student sleeps at a large library table covered with books and papers. Their head rests on folded arms across an open book.

Practitioner Voice

How These Schools Worked With Community Groups to Fight College Homelessness

November 27, 2024 | Jessica Wolin, Jennifer Wilking and Molly Calhoun

College-focused rapid rehousing aims to support students facing housing instability all the way through graduation.

Health

Bridging Divides with Peer-to-Peer Strategies in Public Housing

August 23, 2017 | Jessica Tokunaga, Jessica Wolin and Lyn-Tise Jones

Peer-to-peer strategies in public housing can keep residents engaged in programs offered within their respective communities by addressing cultural divides, trust issues, and employment barriers.

Arts & Culture

A Community Planning Process–Even A Good One–Is Not Enough

January 26, 2017 | Jessica Wolin and Brett Cook

Just the inherent language of community “transformation” signals that what has come before is not worth holding on to, and renders the history of these public housing sites insignificant.