Prentiss Alan Dantzler

Explores how nonprofit housing developers respond to accusations of gentrification, showing the complicated ways they see themselves as both community partners and participants in neighborhood change.

Explains how racial capitalism shapes cities and communities by linking housing, development, policing, and inequality to broader systems that profit from racial disparities.

Examines how residents in Toronto’s inner suburbs think about their neighborhoods, finding that feelings of belonging, exclusion, and disconnection can shape satisfaction just as much as housing preferences or amenities.

Investigates why residents leave public housing, showing that neighborhood conditions—such as safety, social environment, and access to resources—can matter as much as individual household circumstances in decisions to move.

Critiques how conservative economic ideas are used to justify racial inequality, arguing that narratives about free markets and personal responsibility often mask the ways racism and capitalism work together.

Content analysis is used of public statements and interviews of the founding members from October 2014 to October 2016 to discuss the ways in which the founders of BLM frame the group’s actions. We show how the founders of BLM have strategically framed the movement as one that honors past Black Liberation struggles, but transforms traditional framing of those struggles to include all Black lives inclusive of differences based on gender, sexual orientation, age, nationality, or criminal status

Discusses how the government has pushed homeownership as the central focus of the American Dream. The chapter discusses how discussions around poverty and self sufficiency have led to biased and even racists housing policies. 

Considers the ways in which neighbourhood perceptions can differentially affect residential mobility, particularly in low-income areas. The results show that perceptions of neighbourhood context matter more than the actual neighbourhood setting. These findings highlight the continued importance of subjective rather than objective measures of neighbourhood conditions in understanding residential mobility.

Discusses how studies around welfare dependency should look at housing assistance instead of cash benefits as a source of debate. The paper shows that welfare dependency is not a big factor of government assistance, especially when it comes to housing subsidies. 

Analyzes the relationship between players' social status and larger sociopolitical events to understand activism within the 2017 NFL protests. These findings indicate that sociopolitical events can implicate different identities, changing their salience in the decision to join or abstain from a social movement.

Seeks to understand how public housing residents’ mobility intentions affect their actual exits. The results suggest that mobility intentions do have a significant effect on public housing exits. 

Focuses on the reasons why people in North Camden, NJ like their neighborhoods. The results suggest the quality of social networks, neighborhood physical conditions, neighborhood safety, and quality of public services are positively associated with neighborhood satisfaction.