Josephine Ensign

Josephine Ensign

May and Jack Elinson Public Health Fellow

Josephine Ensign, PhD, is a professor at the University of Washington in Seattle, where she teaches public health and health policy. Josephine has an undergraduate degree in Biology and Religion from Oberlin College and holds a doctorate in Global Health from Johns Hopkins University. A nurse for forty years, her work is informed by her lived experience of homelessness. While at Mesa Refuge, Josephine did some final writing and editing of her narrative nonfiction book Skid Road: On the Frontier of Health and Homelessness in Seattle, which explores the contemporary landscape of homelessness in Seattle and King County. You can learn more about Josephine here.