Kyle Gresenz

Kyle Gresenz (he/him) is a PhD Candidate in Sociology at the School of Social and Family Dynamics. Kyle also serves as the Director of Foundation Development at the ASU Foundation. Kyle is an experienced fundraiser, with a specialty in charitable grants and foundation relations, previously working in a consulting role for non-profits and educational grants. 

In his research, Kyle focuses on the intersections of healthcare, queer identity, and rural geography to understand the intersecting and compounding factors that contribute to distinct population-specific healthcare access limitations, utilization barriers, and relevant outcomes. Kyle's dissertation, entitled: "Queer Out Here: Quantifying Healthcare Access, Utilization, and Health Insurance Use for Queer People in the Rural United States of America", serves as a national quantitative study on the status of queer rural healthcare, providing a foundational perspective that situates geography, social identity, and institutions together to understand how to advance health equity. 

Kyle is engaged in numerous collaborative research projects, including his work at the ASU Global Center for Applied Health Research, the Arizona Youth Identity Project, the Phoenix Community Relations Project, and other collaborative endeavors.