Nick Graetz

I am an Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota in the Department of Sociology. I study the intersection of housing, population health, and political economy in the United States. Across all my research, I center processes of racialization and racism, especially how these shape conceptions of financial risk and value in the housing market. I’m interested in communicating sociological perspectives to external audiences and building coalitions across academics, policymakers, journalists, and the public.

My academic work in these areas is published or forthcoming in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Social Forces, the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Nature, the Journal of the American Medical Association, Social Science & Medicine, and elsewhere.

National media:

• The Hidden Factor Behind Your Home Insurance Cost: Your Credit History
  (New York Times)

• The Americans Most Threatened by Eviction: Young Children
  (New York Times)

• Minneapolis Braces for Rent Crisis As ICE Surge Winds Down
  (Bloomberg)

• How evictions and housing instability can have deadly consequences
  (PBS News Hour)

• Mortality surged for renters facing eviction during the pandemic, study finds
  (CNN)

Minnesota/Minneapolis media:

• With an eviction crisis looming, city leaders take a stab at solutions
  (MinnPost)

• Inside Minnesotans’ moonshot to cover rent for their immigrant neighbors
  (MinnPost)

• Renters are getting restless and more powerful
  (The Star Tribune)

• Measuring the economic damage of Minnesota’s ICE surge is hard
  (Minnesota Reformer)

• ICE operation heightens eviction risk for immigrant families in Minnesota
  (Sahan Journal)