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.

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.