Jason R. Jurjevich

As an urban and population geographer, I employ critical quantitative methods to advance research focused on data justice, housing inequality, and population change, focusing on migration. My approach—use data for good—harnesses the strength of census and other quantitative data to advance scholarship that exposes social and economic inequality and supports the adoption of equity-centered public policy.

My newest research project, Mapping Racist Covenants, tells the story of racist covenants across Tucson neighborhoods and subdivisions, focusing on those enacted between 1912-1968. Beginning in the early 1900s, covenants, conditions, and restrictions were used to create racially restrictive neighborhoods across the United States. The project helps situate how racist covenants, in particular, are part of a larger set of institutional housing restrictions that have, and continue to, affect communities of color.

My scholarship has been published in wide array of academic journals, including the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Cities, Annals of the American Association of Geographers, the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Political Geography, PLOS One, and the Journal of the American Planning Association. Check out my personal website for more details on my scholarship.

Before coming to SGDE, I served as Director of the Population Research Center (PRC) at Portland State University, leading demographic research across Oregon.  Since 2010, my work has been featured in numerous media outlets, including National Public Radio (NPR), Arizona Public Media (NPR), Univision, CityLab, Governing Magazine, New York Times Magazine, Atlantic Cities, The Chronicle of Higher Education, the Arizona Republic, and the Arizona Daily Star.