Nick Graetz

he/him

[email protected]

Sociology

909 Social Sciences Building

267 19th Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Collegiate Affiliation

Assistant Professor,

Sociology

Links

Personal Website

Climate and Community Institute (CCI)

Health and Power Organizing Project (HPOP)

Nick Graetz studies how population health is shaped by the historical and contemporary structure of the housing market. He leads a joint project with the US Census Bureau using linked administrative data to study the American housing crisis, with a particular focus on eviction. He also leads several projects related to housing, climate, and insurance as a member of the Climate and Community Project, a progressive climate policy think tank developing research on the climate and inequality nexus.

Educational Background

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Educational Background

PhD: Demography and Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, 2021
MPH: Health Metrics, University of Washington, 2016
BS: Psychology and Political Science, University of Wisconsin, 2013

Publications

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Publications

Graetz, Nick, Peter Hepburn, Carl Gershenson, Sonya R. Porter, Danielle H. Sandler, Emily Lemmerman, Matthew Desmond. 2024. “Excess mortality associated with COVID-19 for renters threatened with eviction.” JAMA, 331(7): 592-600.
Graetz, Nick, Carl Gershenson, Sonya R. Porter, Danielle H. Sandler, Emily Lemmerman, Matthew Desmond. 2024. “The impacts of rent burden and eviction on all-cause mortality in the United States.” Social Science & Medicine, 340.
Graetz, Nick, Carl Gershenson, Peter Hepburn, Sonya R. Porter, Danielle H. Sandler, Matthew Desmond. 2023. “A comprehensive demographic profile of the United States evicted population.” PNAS: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(41).
Graetz, Nick & Michael Esposito. 2023. “Historical redlining and contemporary racial disparities in neighborhood life expectancy.” Social Forces, 102(1): 1-22.

Courses

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