Mark Hugo Lopez
Quick Facts
Biography
Mark Hugo Lopez is Director of Hispanic Research at the Pew Research Center. 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. 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.