Nancy Denton

{{Short description|American sociologist}}

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| fields = Sociology

| workplaces = University at Albany, SUNY

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| education = LeMoyne College (B.A., 1971)
Fordham University (M.A., 1973)
University of Pennsylvania (M.A., 1977; Ph.D., 1984)

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| thesis_title = Factors influencing young women's transitions among multiple role combinations: U.S. 1968-73

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| thesis_year = 1984

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Nancy Anne Denton is an American sociologist. She is a professor of sociology at the University at Albany, SUNY, where she professor emeritus.{{Cite web |url=https://www.albany.edu/sociology/faculty/nancy-denton-phd |title=Nancy Denton Professor Emeritus}} SUNY Albany, where Dr. Havidan Rodriguez (a noted Sociologist) is currently the president of the university.{{Cite web |url=https://www.albany.edu/administration/Havid%C3%A1n-Rodr%C3%ADguez.php#:~:text=Havid%C3%A1n%20Rodr%C3%ADguez%20Dr.%20Havid%C3%A1n%20Rodr%C3%ADguez%20was%20appointed%20by,25%20years%20as%20a%20leader%20in%20higher%20education. |title=SUNY Albany Board of Trustees appoint Havidan Rodriguez as president}} She is known for her research on racial segregation in the United States with Douglas Massey,{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/08/05/us/study-finds-segregation-in-cities-worse-than-scientists-imagined.html |title=Study Finds Segregation in Cities Worse Than Scientists Imagined |last=Times |first=Isabel Wilkerson, Special To The New York |date=1989-08-05 |website=The New York Times |language=en-US |access-date=2017-08-05}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/23/us/study-says-prejudice-in-suburbs-is-aimed-mostly-at-blacks.html |title=Study Says Prejudice in Suburbs Is Aimed Mostly at Blacks |last=Hays |first=Constance L. |date=1988-11-23 |website=The New York Times |language=en-US |access-date=2017-08-05}} with whom she co-authored the book American Apartheid.{{Cite web |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1993/03/10/separate-unequal-still-the-rule-prof-says/ |title='Separate, Unequal' Still The Rule, Prof Says |last=Stein |first=Sharman |date=1993-03-10 |website=Chicago Tribune |language=en |access-date=2017-08-05}} A book, well reviewed by the Los Angeles Times, when first published.{{Cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-05-30-bk-41319-story.html |title=LA Times review of American Apartheid|website=Los Angeles Times |date=30 May 1993 }} Upon retiring from SUNY Albany, she received the Robert and Helen Lynd Lifetime Achievement Award from the Community and Urban Sociology section from the American Sociological Association {{Cite web |url=https://communityurbansoc.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/2019-winter.pdf |title=Receiving Award Upon Retirement from American Sociological Association}} Works at Stanford Center on Poverty & Inequality {{Cite web |url=https://inequality.stanford.edu/mobile/about/people/nancy-denton |title=Stanford Center on Poverty & Inequality}}