Margaret Hicken is currently working as a director of Transdisciplinary Approaches to Racism & Health Inequalities at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research. She is also a research associate professor at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research. She received her MPH in Maternal and Child Health, from the University of North Carolina. She received her Ph.D. in Health Behavior and Health Education, at the University of Michigan. She specialized in Health Behavior and Health Education.