Meredith Greif
Meredith Greif is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University. Her research interests lie at the intersection of race, space, and housing. Spanning cities including Cleveland, Baltimore, and New York, her works looks at the systemic factors which perpetuate racial and social inequalities in accessing affordable housing and integrated neighborhoods.
Academic background
Meredith holds a PhD in Sociology from Penn State University, and Bachelor’s Degree in Rural Sociology from Cornell University. Currently, she is working on a book which draws upon ethnographic observations with landlords and city and court officials in Cleveland, to show how cities inadvertently contribute to their affordable housing crises through ineffective regulation over landlords. At PIRL, Meredith has worked on the “Brokering The Geography of Opportunity” project on landlords. In addition to work, her days are filled with coffee, rock collecting, and birdwatching.
Research Interests
Meredith's research focuses on homelessness, housing insecurity, homeownership, and neighborhood effects, both internationally and domestically. She is currently study how landlords' business practices contribute to housing outcomes among lower-income and formerly homeless individuals, and explore models of stable, supportive housing for formerly homeless individuals. Her research also addresses how neighborhood and housing outcomes vary across racial and ethnic groups, and how they perpetuate intergroup inequalities.