NCID-1545
Prentiss Dantzler
Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology
University of Toronto
Education/Degree:
1 Public Affairs (Rutgers University, Camden)
About
Prentiss A. Dantzler, PhD joined the University of Toronto (UT) as an assistant professor of Sociology in 2021. Previously, he held faculty appointments at Georgia State University (urban studies) and Colorado College (sociology). He also served as a Canada-U.S. Fulbright scholar at UT and as a scholar-in-residence at the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received his PhD in public affairs with a concentration in community development from Rutgers University-Camden. He also holds an MPA (urban and regional planning) from West Chester University and a BS (energy, business and finance) from Penn State University.
Current Work
Dr. Dantzler's research sits at the nexus of urban poverty, neighborhood change, race and ethnic relations, housing and community development. As an interdisciplinary scholar, Dantzler explores how and why neighborhoods change and how policymakers and communities create and react to those changes. His current research explores 1) the relationship between housing subsidies and neighborhood change across the U.S. and Greater Toronto Area, 2) nonprofits and diverging views of gentrification, 3) the relationship between community associations and segregation in the U.S., and 4) the relationship between capitalism, racism, and urban development.
Research Area Keyword(s)
community, housing, Neighborhoods, poverty, race