Rate My Professor Madina Agénor

Agénor's interdisciplinary research utilizes intersectional, mixed-methods, and community-partnered approaches to investigate how structural and social factors—such as laws, policies, institutional practices, and interpersonal interactions—shape health and health care experiences for socially marginalized groups. Over the past 20 years, her work has centered on sexual and reproductive health equity and justice for individuals at the intersections of race, ethnicity, class, gender, and sexuality. More recently, she has examined associations between structurally racist U.S. state laws and poor health outcomes among Black, Latine, and white adults, and currently collaborates with health equity researchers, legal scholars, and Black and Latine community advocates to address state laws' role in food injustice among communities of color. In 2023, she received the Dean's Award in Classroom Teaching Excellence and contributes as a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Social Science & Medicine and the Editorial Collective of Feminist Studies. Notable publications include "Structural barriers to sexual and reproductive health care among Black and Latina cisgender and transgender U.S. women who use drugs: a qualitative study" (BMC Health Services Research, 2025), "Advancing equity in cervical cancer screening for sexual and gender minoritized people assigned female at birth (SGM AFAB) in the United States: recommendations from healthcare equity leaders" (Reproductive Health, 2025), "Exposure to structural racism-related state laws is associated with worse cardiovascular health among US adults, BRFSS 2011 and 2013" (American Journal of Epidemiology, 2024), and "Barriers to and opportunities for advancing racial equity in cervical cancer screening in the United States" (BMC Women's Health, 2024).