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American urban policy analyst

Peter Dreier
Born	(1948-07-12) July 12, 1948 (age 76)

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, 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.

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 in favor of Palestinian liberation.

The 100 Greatest Americans of the 20th Century: A Social Justice Hall of Fame.
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