Prentiss Dantzler

Dr. Prentiss Dantzler joined the University of Toronto (UofT) as an Assistant Professor of Sociology in 2021. Previously, he held faculty appointments at Georgia State University (Urban Studies) and Colorado College (Sociology). He is also affiliated with the School of Cities, the Infrastructure Institute, the Centre for Global Social Policy and the Graduate Department of Geography and Planning at UofT. He received his Ph.D. in Public Affairs with a concentration in Community Development from Rutgers University-Camden. He also holds an M.P.A. (Urban and Regional Planning and GIS) from West Chester University and a B.S. (Energy, Business and Finance) from Penn State University.

His research sits at the nexus of urban poverty, neighbourhood change, race and ethnic relations, housing and community development. As an interdisciplinary scholar, Dr. Dantzler explores how and why neighbourhoods change and how policymakers and communities create and react to those changes. He currently serves as a Deputy Editor for City and Community and on the editorial boards of the Journal of Urban Affairs, Metropolitics, and Housing Policy Debate. He also serves as Secretary/Treasurer for the Community and Urban Sociology Section at the American Sociological Association and as Treasurer to the Urban Affairs Association.