Dr. Matthew Mleczko

Dr. Matthew MleczkoMarquette University

Wehr Physics Hall, 452

MilwaukeeWI53201United States of America(414) 288-3422matthew.mleczko@marquette.eduPersonal Website

Curriculum Vitae

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’s 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 National Zoning and Land Use Database, 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. “How do LIHTC and Other Federal Place-Based Policies Shape Neighborhood Establishments?” Housing Policy Debate. Forthcoming.
• Mleczko, Matthew. "The Cumulative Exposure to Exclusionary Zoning in Impoverished Neighborhoods." Demography 63 (1): 213–39. https://doi.org/10.1215/00703370-12468457.
• Mleczko, Matthew. 2024. “Trends and Characteristics of U.S. Metropolitan Neighborhood Integration, 2000–2020.” Urban Affairs Review, September, 10780874241278619. https://doi.org/10.1177/10780874241278619.
• Mleczko, Matthew and Matthew Desmond. 2023. “Using Natural Language Processing to Construct a National Zoning and Land Use Database.” Urban Studies. doi: 10.1177/00420980231156352 

Manuscripts Under Review

• Mleczko, Matthew. “A Virtuous Cycle? Fair Housing and the Promotion of Long-Term Residential Integration.”
• Mleczko, Matthew. “The Role of Housing Navigation in Promoting Housing Stability.”

Works in Progress

• “Address-Level Analysis of Integration Trends, 2000-2020” with Laura Sullivan.
• “Does Welcoming America Programming Promote Refugee Integration?” with Gabby Toborg.
• Mleczko, Matthew. “The Role of Residential Integration in Promoting Successful School Integration.”
• Mleczko, Matthew. “The Temporary Nature of Federal COVID-19 Housing Assistance and Post-2022 Trends in Housing Instability and Homelessness.”
• “Does Affordable Housing Development Drive School Integration?” with Tyler Simko.

Policy Reports

• Kalra, Vanita, Martina Manicastri, Tanushree Bansal, Adam Gordon, and Matthew Mleczko. 2023. “Dismantling Exclusionary Zoning: New Jersey’s Blueprint for Overcoming Segregation.” 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), Marquette University