Mark Hugo Lopez (born April 16, 1967)[1] is Director of Race and Ethnicity Research at the Pew Research Center.[2] Lopez has authored and co-authored numerous reports on the attitudes and opinions of Hispanics,[3] education,[4] migration and immigration,[5] identity,[6] and civic engagement and voter participation.[7][8] Lopez also coordinates the Center's National Survey of Latinos.[9]

Mark Hugo Lopez
Born (1967-04-16) April 16, 1967 (age 57)
Academic career
InstitutionUniversity of Maryland School of Public Policy
Pew Research Center
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley
Princeton University
Academic
advisors
David Card

Prior to joining the Pew, he was the research director of the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) as well as a research assistant professor at the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland. Lopez is also a founding member and former president of the American Society of Hispanic Economists[10] as well as a former member of the American Economic Association's Committee on the Status of Minority Groups in the Economics Profession.[11]

Biography

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Lopez is from Los Angeles.[12] He was born in a Mexican American family based in California for more than a century.[13] He earned his bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and his Ph.D. degree in economics in 1996 from Princeton University, where his thesis advisors included David Card.[12]

References

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  1. ^ "López, Mark Hugo, 1967-". LC Name Authority File. Library of Congress. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  2. ^ "Mark Hugo Lopez". Pew Research Center. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
  3. ^ "Latinos See Better Economic Times Ahead | Pew Research Center". 2016-06-08. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
  4. ^ "Among recent high school grads, Hispanic college enrollment rate surpasses that of whites". Pew Research Center. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
  5. ^ "Latino Population Growth and Dispersion in U.S. Slows Since the Recession | Pew Research Center". 2016-09-08. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
  6. ^ "Hispanic or Latino? Many don't care, except in Texas". Pew Research Center. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
  7. ^ "Democrats Maintain Edge as Party 'More Concerned' for Latinos, but Views Similar to 2012 | Pew Research Center". 2016-10-11. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
  8. ^ "Millennials Make Up Almost Half of Latino Eligible Voters in 2016 | Pew Research Center". 2016-01-19. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
  9. ^ "National Survey of Latinos". Pew Research Center. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
  10. ^ "American Society of Hispanic Economists | ASHE". www.asheweb.net. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
  11. ^ "American Economic Association". www.aeaweb.org. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
  12. ^ a b "CSMGEP Profiles: Mark Hugo Lopez, Pew Research Center". American Economic Association. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  13. ^ Suzanne Gamboa and Nicole Acevedo. "The new Latino landscape". NBC News. Retrieved September 18, 2021. Published on Sept. 15, 2021.
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