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Nicolas Gutierrez III

Ph.D. Student
Nicolas Gutierrez III
Pronouns He / Him / His Email ng73047@usc.edu

Biography

Nicolas Gutierrez III is a Ph.D. student in Sociology at the University of Southern California, where he is a USC Provost’s Fellow and W.E.B. DuBois & Ida B. Wells-Barnett Graduate Scholar. He is currently a Graduate Community-Engaged Research Fellow at the USC Equity Research Institute and the Media Director at SDSU’s Project for Sanitation Justice. Nicolas is a participant in the UW-Madison Institute for Research on Poverty’s 2024-25 Professional Development Training Series on Poverty and Economic Mobility Research.

Nicolas researches...

Education

  • M.S. San Diego State University
  • B.A. University of California, Irvine

  • Research Keywords

    Urban Sociology; Criminology; Cultural Sociology; Social Movements; Qualitative Methods
    Homelessness; Criminalization & Punishment; Policing & Frontline Policy Implementation; Civic Action & Mutual Aid

  • Journal Article

    • Welsh Carroll, M., Flanigan, S. T., Gutierrez III, N. (2022). Black Lives Experiencing Homelessness Matter: A Critical Conceptual Framework for Understanding How Policing Drives System Avoidance among Vulnerable Populations. Public Integrity. Vol. 25 (3), pp. 285-300.
    • Adams, B., Welsh Carroll, M., Gutierrez III, N. (2023). Community Acceptance of, and Opposition to, Homeless-Serving Facilities. International Journal on Homelessness. Vol. 3 (2), pp. 1-28.

    Research Report

    • Adams, B., Welsh Carroll, M., Gutierrez III, N. (2021). Community Acceptance and Opposition to Homeless-Serving Facilities. Social and Economic Vulnerabilities Initiative.

    Other

    • Gutierrez III, N., Adams, B., Welsh Carroll, M. (2022). Understanding Community Acceptance of and Opposition to Homeless-Serving Facilities. Scholars Strategy Network.

  • Committees

    • Co-Chair, Race and Gender Committee, USC Sociology Graduate Student Association, 2023 –
    • Member, Colloquium Committee, USC Department of Sociology, 2024-2025

  • Professional Memberships

    • American Sociological Association, 2022 –
    • Scholars Strategy Network, 2022 –
    • American Society of Criminology, 2021 –
    • Latina/o/x Criminology, 2021 –
    • Society for the Study of Social Problems, 2020 –