PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Graff, M., Carley, S., Konisky, D.M., Memmott, T. (2021). Which households are energy insecure? An empirical analysis of race, housing conditions, and energy burdens in the United States. Energy Research and Social Science, 79, 1-16.
Graff, M., Konisky, D.M., Carley, S., Memmott, T. (2021). Climate Change and Energy Insecurity: A Growing Need for Policy Intervention. Environmental Justice.
Memmott, T., Carley, S., Graff, M., Konisky, D.M. (2021). Sociodemographic disparities in energy insecurity among low-income households before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nature Energy, 1-8.
Winecoff, R., & Graff, M. (2020). Innovation in Financing Energy Efficient and Renewable Energy Upgrades: An Evaluation of Property Assessed Clean Energy for California Residences. Social Science Quarterly, 101(7), 2555-2573.
Graff, M., & Carley, S. (2020). COVID-19 assistance needs to target energy insecurity. Nature Energy, 1-3. [Editor-reviewed.]
Graff, M., & Pirog, M. (2019). Red Tape is Not So Hot: Asset Tests Impact Participation in the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program. Energy Policy, 129, 749-764.
Graff, M., Carley, S., & Pirog, M. (2019). A Review of the Environmental Policy Literature from 2014-2017 with a Closer Look at the Energy Justice Field. Policy Studies Journal, 47, 517-544.
Graff, M., Carley, S., & Konisky, D. M. (2018). Stakeholder perceptions of the United States energy transition: Local-level dynamics and community responses to national politics and policy. Energy Research & Social Science, 43, 144-157.
Carley, S., Evans, T. P., Graff, M., Konisky, D. M. (2018). A framework for evaluating geographic disparities in energy transition vulnerability. Nature Energy 3: 621-627.
Graff, M., & Francis, R. (2017). Does Stakeholder Participation Influence EPA’s Chemical Risk Values? Public Administration Quarterly, 41(3).
BOOK CHAPTERS
Carley, S., & Graff, M. (2020). A Just Energy Transition In D.M. Konisky (Eds.), Handbook of U.S. Environmental Policy. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
MEDIA PUBLICATIONS & MENTIONS:
National Public Radio, Marketplace, November 13, 2020. "More People Unable to Pay Utility Bills, with Colder Months Coming.”
Graff, M., & Memmott, T. (June 2020). Op-Ed: Coronavirus is creating a crisis of energy insecurity. Environmental Health News. Available here: https://www.ehn.org/coronavirus-and-energy-2646296578.html.
Inside Climate News, July 14, 2020. “A Pandemic and Surging Summer Heat Leave Thousands Struggling to Pay Utility Bills.”
WORKS IN PROGRESS:
Graff, M. Reducing administrative burdens in an energy assistance program to help keep the lights on in low-income households.
Graff, M. Does Need Align with Assistance?: An examination of utility insecurity and energy assistance in the United States.
Memmott, T., Carley, S., Graff, M., Konisky, D.M. The effect of utility disconnection moratoria on household energy insecurity.
DISSERTATION:
Co-chairs: Sanya Carley and David Konisky
Members: Maureen Pirog, Amanda Rutherford, and Seth Freedman
Title: Unpacking the Determinants of Energy Insecurity and Receipt of Energy Assistance in the United States
Brief Abstract: My dissertation links my interest in energy insecurity with public administration. I focus on domestic energy assistance applicants and programs, particularly the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), an unexplored federal program that helps between five to seven million households meet their basic energy needs each year. Using several data sources, including administrative data and semi-structured interviews with LIHEAP managers, I empirically analyze how cross-state variation in administration of the program impacts various outcome measures over time. My results suggest that, on average, reductions in administrative burdens for applicants are associated with increased efficiency, reductions in red tape for employees, and increased enrollment in LIHEAP programs.