Nancy Anne Denton is an American sociologist. She is a professor of sociology at the University at Albany, SUNY, where she Professor Emeritus.^[1] SUNY Albany, where Dr. Havidan Rodriguez (a noted Sociologist) is currently the president of the university.^[2] She is known for her research on racial segregation in the United States with Douglas Massey,^[3][4] with whom she co-authored the book American Apartheid.^[5] A book, well reviewed by the Los Angeles Times, when first published.^[6] 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 ^[7] Works at Stanford Center on Poverty & Inequality ^[8]