Peter Dreier is an American urban policy analyst, author, self-described democratic socialist, 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."
Education Dreier graduated from Syracuse University with a B.A. in 1970 and from the University of Chicago with a Ph.D. in 1977.
Career Dreier was the Director of Housing at the Boston Redevelopment Authority and senior policy advisor to Boston Mayor Ray Flynn for nine years.
In January 1993, Dreier became a professor at Occidental College.
In 1993, Dreier was appointed by the Clinton administration to the advisory board of Resolution Trust Corporation.
Dreier is an urban policy analyst.
He was a member of the Democratic Socialists of America until 2023, when he left due to DSA's statements regarding the October 7 attacks.
Selected works
The 100 Greatest Americans of the 20th Century: A Social Justice Hall of Fame.
Peter Dreier, John H. Mollenkopf, Todd Swanstrom, Place Matters: Metropolitics for the Twenty-First Century, University Press of Kansas, 2004, Peter Dreier and Robert Elias, Baseball Rebels: The Players, People, and Social Movements That Shook Up the Game and Changed America, University of Nebraska Press, 2022.
See also List of Occidental College people Costa–Hawkins Rental Housing Act
References
External links
Content by Peter Dreier on the CommonDreams news website Features by or with Peter Dreier on Bill Moyers' website Features by Peter Dreier on Yes! magazine online Content by Peter Dreier on the "LA Progressive" digital news site