Jean J. Schensul is a pioneering medical anthropologist whose work bridges academic research with tangible community impact. Her extensive research and writing have significantly advanced the understanding and practice of ethnographic methods, particularly in the realm of public health. Dr. Schensul is renowned for her impactful contributions to HIV/AIDS prevention and addressing health disparities through structural interventions. Her dedication to community-based research, focusing on issues from senior health to substance abuse, has fostered the creation of new organizations and vital community-university collaborations.
Essential Ethnographic Methods introduces the fundamental, face-to-face data collection tools for ethnographers and other qualitative researchers and provides detailed instruction to improve the quality and scope of data collection. .