Faculty Profile
Alexa (Lex) Eisenberg, PhD, MPH (they/she)
- Lecturer III, Health Behavior & Health Equity
Dr. Eisenberg's courses build students' capacity to analyze and challenge the structures
that produce health inequities, drawing on history, critical theory, and insights
from social justice movements. Their research explores how housing policies and practices
shape racial and health inequities, particularly through mechanisms of displacement.
Their scholarship engages public health as a political practice, emphasizing power
building, collective action, and solidarity with movements as foundational to health
equity.
- PhD, University of Michigan, 2021
- MPH, University of Miami, 2015
- BA, University of Michigan, 2012
- Housing justice
- Health equity
- Community organizing
- Tenants rights
- Research advocacy
Brantley, K., Eisenberg, A., & Mehdipanah, R. (2025). Record costs: examining the
impact of eviction filings for tenants and their families. Housing Studies, 1–27. Manuscript.
Eisenberg, A., Brantley, K. (2025) Eviction filings can destabilize tenants’ lives – even when they win their case, The Conversation. Op Ed.
Eisenberg, A., Brantley, K. (2025) Eviction filings can destabilize tenants’ lives – even when they win their case, The Conversation. Op Ed.
Eisenberg, A., Brantley, K. (2024) Record Costs: Collateral Consequences of Eviction
Court Filings in Pennsylvania. University of Michigan Poverty Solutions and Housing
Solutions for Health Equity. Report.
Eisenberg, A., Brantley, K. (2023) The Crisis is Not Temporary: Evictions after COVID Emergency Rental Assistance in Detroit. University of Michigan Poverty Solutions. Report.
Eisenberg, A., Brantley, K. (2023) The Crisis is Not Temporary: Evictions after COVID Emergency Rental Assistance in Detroit. University of Michigan Poverty Solutions. Report.
Eisenberg, A., Brantley, K. (2023) It is past time to repreal Michigan’s ban on rent
control. Bridge Detroit. Op Ed.
Eisenberg, A., Brantley, K. (2022) Crisis before the emergency: Evictions in Detroit before and after the onset of COVID-19. University of Michigan Poverty Solutions. Working Paper.
Eisenberg, A., Seymour, E., Hill, A.B., and Akers, J. (2020). Toxic structures: speculation and lead exposure in Detroit’s single-family rental market, Health and Place, 64. Manuscript.
Eisenberg, A., Mehdipanah, R., and Dewar, M. (2019). ‘It’s like they make it difficult for you on purpose’: barriers to property tax relief and foreclosure prevention in Detroit, Michigan, Housing Studies; 35(8). Manuscript.
Eisenberg, A., Brantley, K. (2022) Crisis before the emergency: Evictions in Detroit before and after the onset of COVID-19. University of Michigan Poverty Solutions. Working Paper.
Eisenberg, A., Seymour, E., Hill, A.B., and Akers, J. (2020). Toxic structures: speculation and lead exposure in Detroit’s single-family rental market, Health and Place, 64. Manuscript.
Eisenberg, A., Mehdipanah, R., and Dewar, M. (2019). ‘It’s like they make it difficult for you on purpose’: barriers to property tax relief and foreclosure prevention in Detroit, Michigan, Housing Studies; 35(8). Manuscript.
Email: alexae@umich.edu
Address: 3826 SPH I
1415 Washington Heights
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029
For media inquiries: sph.media@umich.edu
Address: 3826 SPH I
1415 Washington Heights
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029
For media inquiries: sph.media@umich.edu
Areas of Expertise: Health Equity, Urban Health