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.

Recent publications: 

Graetz, Nick, Peter Hepburn, Carl Gershenson, Sonya R. Porter, Danielle H. Sandler, Emily Lemmerman, Matthew Desmond. “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. “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. “A comprehensive demographic profile of the United States evicted population.” PNAS: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(41).

Graetz, Nick & Michael Esposito. “Historical redlining and contemporary racial disparities in neighborhood life expectancy.” Social Forces, 102(1): 1-22. 

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