Dr. Leandra H. Hernandez

Part-time Faculty - College of Health and Human Services

Dr. Leandra H. Hernandez (Ph.D., Texas A&M University) is a part-time faculty member in the College of Health Sciences at Trident University International. An award-winning teacher and scholar, her research focuses on reproductive health, prenatal testing, shared-decision making within healthcare contexts, cultural competence, and multicultural health experiences. Her doctoral research focused on Mexican-American women’s prenatal testing experiences and communication with physicians, and current research explores Latina reproductive experiences in U.S. and international contexts. She has presented research at conferences such as the National Communication Association, the National Women’s Studies Association, and the Western States Communication Association. Her research on global public health narratives has been published in Communication Research, and her research on Mexican-American women’s birth experiences is forthcoming in the edited book Contexts of the Dark Side of Communication. She enjoys teaching courses on topics such as health communication and social advocacy, multicultural health communication, and patient-provider communication.