Alexis Dennis

Alexis C. Dennis is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and a Full Member of the Centre on Population Dynamics at McGill University. Her research broadly investigates how and why structural and social stratification processes generate inequality in health and wellbeing. She is particularly interested in uncovering the mechanisms that give rise to health inequalities across and within racial/ethnic groups. Dr. Dennis is also attentive to the need to refine theory, conceptualization, and measurement in her work to better reflect how our quantitative measures may have qualitatively different meanings across racial/ethnic groups. A central strand of her research investigates why Nonwhites do not consistently reap the same beneficial health returns to material resources as Whites. Another thread of Dr. Dennis’ research examines how various forms of racism differentially restrict opportunities for health and wellbeing across and within racial/ethnic groups. Her most recent work has been published in outlets that include Demography, Ethnicity & Disease, and Du Bois Review.