Jennifer Fricas, PhD, MPH, RN
Dr. Fricas holds a PhD in Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development (with a focus on Comparative and International Development Education) from the University of Minnesota, a Master of Public Health in Global Health Policy from The George Washington University, and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from James Madison University.
Dr. Fricas has been a faculty member at Seattle University’s (SU) College of Nursing (CON) since 2007. She teaches in both the undergraduate and graduate nursing programs, primarily in the areas of population and global health; she has also taught a number of interdisciplinary health courses.
During her time at SU she has: researched and created SUCON’s innovative Population Health Internship; served as the inaugural chair of SUCON’s Equity and Justice Committee; nurtured and developed relationships with over 60 community-based health and social service agencies in Western Washington; led short-term education abroad courses; served as SUCON’s Global Engagement Coordinator and inaugural chair of its Global Nursing Committee, and; contributed to numerous university-level committees, including the Executive Committee overseeing SU’s interdisciplinary Core Curriculum.
Dr. Fricas’ areas of expertise include population health, global health, education and development, critical public health, health and human rights, and community-based well-being. She has experience in numerous qualitative and practice-oriented scholarship methods including community-based participatory research, participatory photography, program development and evaluation, and ethnographic methods.
She currently lives in Seattle with her partner and their dog Luna.
Jennifer Fricas, PhD 