Aggie Jooyoung Yellow Horse is an associate professor of Asian Pacific American Studies in the School of Social Transformation. Her research focuses on understanding how larger social forces "get under skin" to generate health inequities for racialized and minoritized peoples. She is committed to work with Asian American, Pacific Islander and Native American communities. Her research was supported by the National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD). She teaches courses on Asia and Asian America, immigration and health. Her commitment to students and student-centered practices have been recognized by the ASU Centennial Professorship Award in 2020.
Education
Ph.D. Sociology and Demography, Pennsylvania State University, 2016
M.A. Sociology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2011
B.A. Sociology and Asian American Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009
Asia and Asian America, Social Determinants of Racial Health Disparities, Social Demography
Publications
Yellow Horse, Aggie J. and Karen J. Leong. (2020). “Xenophobia, anti-Asian racism and covid-19.” PraxisCenter: Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership.
Seaton, Eleanor K., Aggie J. Yellow Horse, Hyung Chol Yoo, and Edward D. Vargas (2020). “Health implications of Black Lives Matter for black adults.” Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities.
Yellow Horse, Aggie J. and Alexis R. Santos-Lozada (2019). “Foreign-born Hispanic women’s health patterns in allostatic load converge to U.S.-born Hispanic women at a slower tempo compared to men.” Women’s Health Issues 29(3): 222-230.
Kim, Soo Mee and Aggie J. Yellow Horse (2018). “Undocumented Asians, left in the shadows.” Contexts 17(4): 70-71.
Noah, Aggie J. (2018). “Heterogeneity of hepatitis B infection among pregnant Asian American and Pacific Islander women.” American Journal of Preventative Medicine 55(2): 213-221.
Noah, Aggie J., Tse-Chuan Yang, and Wei-lin Wang (2018). “The black-white disparity in sexually transmitted diseases during pregnancy: How do racial segregation and income inequality matter?” Sexually Transmitted Diseases 45(5): 301-306.
Noah, Aggie J., and Nancy S. Landale (2018). “Parenting strain among Mexican-origin mothers: Differences by parental legal status and neighborhood context.” Journal of Marriage and Family 80(2): 317-333.
Noah, Aggie J., Francesco Acciai and Glenn Firebaugh (2016). “Understanding the contribution of suicide on life expectancy in South Korea.” Demographic Research 35(22): 617-644.
Noah, Aggie J. (2015). “‘Putting families into place’: Using neighborhood-effects research and activity spaces to understand families.” Journal of Family Theory and Review 7(4): 452-467.
Prior to joining ASU, she worked as a political cartographer for a non-profit organization in Chicago to promote equal political representation for racial and ethnic minorities in redistricting (see Map of Chicago Chinatown & Redistricting). She received the Community-based Redistricting Fellowship from the Southern Coalition for Social Justice for her pro bono work in Chicago.
