Peter Dreier

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, , University of Nebraska Press, 2022.