Prentiss Dantzler

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Dr. Prentiss Dantzler, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Founding Director of the Housing Justice Lab within the School of Cities at the University of Toronto. He also holds affiliations with the Departments of Geography and Planning and Social Justice Education and the Centre for Global Social Policy. As an interdisciplinary community-engaged scholar, his work focuses on how and why neighbourhoods change and the extent to which policy actors, institutions, and local denizens create and resist those changes. His current work focuses on Black placemaking and anti-displacement strategies across North American cities. As a first-gen college student, Prentiss received his Ph.D. in Public Affairs with a concentration in Community Development from Rutgers University-Camden. 

Experience

  • 2024–present
    Associate Professor, University of Toronto
  • 2021–2024
    Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
  • 2019–2021
    Assistant Professor, Georgia State University
  • 2016–2019
    Assistant Professor, Colorado College

Education

  • 2016 
    Rutgers University - Camden, Public Policy & Administration
  • 2015 
    Rutgers University - Camden, Community Development
  • 2011 
    West Chester University, Public Administration - Urban and Regional Planning & GIS
  • 2009 
    Penn State University, Energy, Business and Finance

Professional Memberships

  • American Sociological Association
  • Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
  • Urban Affairs Association
  • Canadian Sociological Association
  • Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning

Honours

Fulbright Scholar

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