Alexandra Mendoza-Graf

Alexandra Mendoza-Graf

Associate Policy Researcher

Alexandra Mendoza-Graf is an associate policy researcher at RAND. Her research interests include the social determinants of health spanning the areas of education, built environments, neighborhood change and gentrification, displacement, criminal justice, mental health and well-being, and access to health care. 

Prior to joining RAND, she was a research associate at the Los Angeles Education Research Institute (LAERI) and a project manager at the UCLA Blum Center on Poverty and Health in Latin America, where she managed and conducted research related to health, education, and social policy. She has an M.P.P. from the Luskin School of Public Affairs at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and a B.A. in political science and public policy from the University of California, Berkeley.

Education

Ph.D. in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.P.P. in public policy, University of California, Los Angeles; B.A. in political science, University of California, Berkeley

Languages

Spanish

Selected Work

  • Alexandra Mendoza-Graf, Rebecca L Collins, Madhumita Ghosh Dastidar, Robin Beckman, Gerald P Hunter, Wendy M Troxel, Tamara Dubowitz, "Changes in psychosocial wellbeing over a five-year period in two predominantly Black Pittsburgh neighbourhoods: A comparison between gentrifying and non-gentrifying census tracts," Urban Studies, 2023
  • Alexandra Mendoza-Graf, Sarah MacCarthy, Rebecca Collins, La’Vette Wagner, and Tamara Dubowitz3, "Exploring differences in perceptions of gentrification, neighborhood satisfaction, social cohesion, and health among residents of two predominantly African American Pittsburgh neighborhoods (n = 60)," BMC Public Health, 2023
  • Alexandra Mendoza-Graf, Laura M. Bogart, Zinhle Shazi, Anele Khumalo, Nabeel Qureshi, Kashfia Rahman, Sabina Govere, Dani Zionts, Mpilonhle Nzuza, and Ingrid V. Bassett, "A Qualitative Assessment of South Africa’s Central Chronic Medication Dispensing and Distribution Program for Differentiated Antiretroviral Therapy Delivery in Umlazi Township, South Africa: Client Perspectives after 12 Months of Participation," AIDS and Behavior, 2024

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