Linda Gordon

Linda Gordon is the Associate Director of the Center for Health Equity Practice at the Michigan Public Health Institute (MPHI). She is a health equity practitioner with a commitment to advancing equity, social justice, and cultivating anti-oppressive public health praxis. She is a public health leader with over 20 years of experience across a range of contexts. In her current role she supports all programmatic operations, business development, and strategic visioning, leads a team of health equity consultants, and designs and delivers a range of capacity building initiatives on the topics of systems change and health equity. Additionally, she is the lead on several health equity initiatives throughout the state of Michigan and nationally. Before joining MPHI, Ms. Gordon was the Assistant Director of Michigan State University’s Master of Public Health Program, where she co-lead the accreditation effort, was an instructor, and directed both the capstone and practicum experiences for students. During her time with MSU, she co-designed and co-lead a community-based participatory research program in Ghana, West Africa, in addition to leading programs in both Brazil and Costa Rica. In addition to teaching, Ms. Gordon has participated in health research on a range of topics including: clinical care, mental health, water & sanitation, nutrition, ethics, and health disparities. She has expertise in health equity, racial inequities in health, structural and cultural dimensions of health, global public health, community engagement, applied social research methods and design, program evaluation, facilitation, and curriculum development. Ms. Gordon has earned an M.S. in Applied Social Research from Florida State University, an M.A. in Medical Anthropology from Michigan State University, and a Master of Public Health from Michigan State University and is trained in the Technology of Participation method of facilitation.