Denia Garcia

Denia Garcia

Assistant Professor, La Follette School of Public Affairs

Denia Garcia

Biography

Denia Garcia is an Assistant Professor of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin‚ÄìMadison. She received a Ph.D. in Sociology from Princeton University. Garcia’s research examines the role of space and organizations in shaping how inequalities are experienced and reproduced. She uses qualitative and quantitative methods to study diverse neighborhoods, participatory budgeting, and skin color and racial stratification.

Research areas

Inequality Neighborhoods, Race and ethnicity Organizations Urban and social policy