Assistant Professor
Political Science
Matthew Mleczko is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science. Matt studies integration, housing politics and policy, poverty, and inequality, focusing on the role of housing policies and practices in fostering equitably integrated communities. He teaches courses on housing politics and policy and quantitative research methods. Prof. Mleczko is an affiliated researcher at Princeton University鈥檚 Eviction Lab and was formerly a Post-Doctoral Associate at the Ralph W. Voorhees Center for Civic Engagement and the Center for State Health Policy at Rutgers University. He received his Ph.D. in Population Studies and Social Policy from Princeton University.
Prof. Mleczko's current research examines how housing policies and practices that promote integration can alleviate poverty, advance equity, improve intergroup relations, and nurture social cohesion within and across communities. He is also studying how to increase political support for these kinds of policies and practices. Prof. Mleczko has published research on neighborhood ethnoracial and socioeconomic integration and exclusionary zoning, including the , an open-source initiative to make zoning and land use data accessible and available for the public. His other research projects cover zoning and land use reform, the promotion of social cohesion in integrated neighborhoods, fair housing, homelessness prevention and reduction, the connection between housing and school integration, and refugee integration.
Education
Ph.D., Princeton University, 2024
Courses Taught
- POSC 3202 Quantitative Data Analysis for Social Science
- POSC 4283 Housing Politics and Policy
- POSC 6102 Advanced Research Methods
Professional Affiliations
- Principal Investigator, Milwaukee Area-Neighborhood Engagement Study (MANES)
Publications
Publications
- Mleczko, Matthew, Parker, Emily, and Tach, Laura. 鈥淗ow do LIHTC and Other Federal Place-Based Policies Shape Neighborhood Establishments?鈥 Housing Policy Debate. Forthcoming.
- Mleczko, Matthew. "The Cumulative Exposure to Exclusionary Zoning in Impoverished Neighborhoods." Demography 63 (1): 213鈥39.
- Mleczko, Matthew. 2024. 鈥淭rends and Characteristics of U.S. Metropolitan Neighborhood Integration, 2000鈥2020.鈥 Urban Affairs Review, September, 10780874241278619. .
- Mleczko, Matthew and Matthew Desmond. 2023. 鈥淯sing Natural Language Processing to Construct a National Zoning and Land Use Database.鈥 Urban Studies. doi: 10.1177/00420980231156352
Manuscripts Under Review
- Mleczko, Matthew. 鈥淎 Virtuous Cycle? Fair Housing and the Promotion of Long-Term Residential Integration.鈥
- Mleczko, Matthew. 鈥淭he Role of Housing Navigation in Promoting Housing Stability.鈥
Works in Progress
- 鈥淎ddress-Level Analysis of Integration Trends, 2000-2020鈥 with Laura Sullivan.
- 鈥淒oes Welcoming America Programming Promote Refugee Integration?鈥 with Gabby Toborg.
- Mleczko, Matthew. 鈥淭he Role of Residential Integration in Promoting Successful School Integration.鈥
- Mleczko, Matthew. 鈥淭he Temporary Nature of Federal COVID-19 Housing Assistance and Post-2022 Trends in Housing Instability and Homelessness.鈥
- 鈥淒oes Affordable Housing Development Drive School Integration?鈥 with Tyler Simko.
Policy Reports
- Kalra, Vanita, Martina Manicastri, Tanushree Bansal, Adam Gordon, and Matthew Mleczko. 2023. 鈥淒ismantling Exclusionary Zoning: New Jersey鈥檚 Blueprint for Overcoming Segregation.鈥 Cherry Hill, NJ. Fair Share Housing Center.
Honors and Awards
2023 Irving Louis Horowitz Award, Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy
Grants
2026 Regular Research Grant (RRG), 天美传媒