Dr. Prentiss Dantzler, Assistant Professor of Urban Studies was selected as a 2019/2020 Fulbright Scholar. He will be a guest at the University of Toronto’s Department of Sociology during the Fall semester. His research in Toronto is on how the government provides public housing and is titled “Housing Spells Among Public Housing Residents in Toronto, Canada.”
“Families now have to find an affordable housing unit in the private market, which are few and far between, leaving many people without a place to call home,” he says. “Having visited Toronto over the past few years, I’ve noticed that they still have a large amount of public housing as compared to other cities in the U.S. This has largely sparked my interest in the ways in which different countries address issues around housing affordability.”
“Understanding the length of time people stay in public housing, commonly known as ‘housing spells,’ helps policymakers, activists, and scholars alike to understand many issues related to housing affordability,” says Dantzler.
Dantzler presented on a Fulbright panel focused on public health at the Fall Orientation for the U.S. scholars earlier this month, focusing on housing, health, and the built environment.
Upcoming presentations include:
- University of Toronto, Department of Sociology, (Co-Panelist), Working Group on Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration
- University of Pittsburgh, Department of Sociology, (Co-Panelist), “Critical Race in Space: How Race Shapes Our World”
- University of Cincinnati, Master of Public Administration – Social Justice Program, (Guest Lecture), “Affordable Housing”
- University of Toronto, Department of Sociology, (Co-Panelist), “Race, Ethnicity and Immigration Workshop – Public Sociology”