Mark Hugo Lopez
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Mark Hugo Lopez is Director of Hispanic Research at the Pew Research Center.[1] Lopez has authored and co-authored numerous reports on the attitudes and opinions of Latinos,[1] education,[2] migration and immigration,[3] identity,[4] and civic engagement and voter participation [5], [6]. Lopez also coordinates the Center’s National Survey of Latinos.[2] 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[7] as well as a former member of the American Economic Association's Committee on the Status of Minority Groups in the Economics Profession.[8]
Education
Lopez earned his Ph.D. degree in Economics from Princeton University, after earning his bachelor's degree (also in Economics) from the University of California, Berkeley.