Peter Dreier is an American urban policy analyst, author, liberal commentator, leftist 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