Peter Dreier

American urban policy analyst

Peter Dreier
Born	(1948-07-12) July 12, 1948 (age 75)

Academic background
Alma mater	Syracuse University University of Chicago
Academic work
Discipline	Political science
Institutions	Occidental College

Website	www.peterdreier.com/about/

Peter Dreier is an American urban policy analyst, author, liberal commentator and college political science professor. He is the Dr. E.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics at Occidental College in Los Angeles, California.

Dreier labels himself a "committed Jew."^[1]

Education

Dreier graduated from Syracuse University with a B.A. in 1970 and from the University of Chicago with a Ph.D. in 1977.^[2]

Career

Dreier was the Director of Housing at the Boston Redevelopment Authority and senior policy advisor to Boston Mayor Ray Flynn for nine years.^[2]

In January 1993, Dreier became a professor at Occidental College.^[2]^[3]

In 1993, Dreier was appointed by the Clinton administration to the advisory board of Resolution Trust Corporation.^[4]^[5]

Dreier is an urban policy analyst.^[6]

He is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.^[7]

Works

The 100 Greatest Americans of the 20th Century: A Social Justice Hall of Fame.^[8]
Jennifer R. Wolch; Manuel Pastor; Peter Dreier, eds. (2004). Up Against the Sprawl: Public Policy and the Making of Southern California. University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 9780816642984.
Peter Dreier, John H. Mollenkopf, Todd Swanstrom, Place Matters: Metropolitics for the Twenty-First Century, University Press of Kansas, 2004, ISBN 9780700613649

References

^ Ain, Stewart (2024-01-13). "'I don't belong': A Jewish student leaves Occidental College over wartime protests". The Forward. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Peter Dreier". oxy.edu. 3 October 2018. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
^ "Peter Dreier". peterdreier.com. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
^ "We know how to control housing costs". 48hills.org. August 23, 2018. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
^ "Perspective On Resolution Tryst Corp..." Los Angeles Times. December 3, 1993. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
^ "Rent control hearing draws crowd". sacbee.com. June 21, 2018. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
^ "Less Rent, More Control".
^ The 100 Greatest Americans of the 20th Century: A Social Justice Hall of Fame. Nation Books. 2012. ISBN 9781568586946. Retrieved May 28, 2019.