University Professor William Perez available to provide expert DREAM Act commentary

Dec. 6, 2010 - PRLog -- Dr. William Perez, a professor at Claremont Graduate University, is available to provide expert analysis and insight into the DREAM Act and other issues relating to immigrant and Latino students.

Perez, who came to the United States from El Salvador at age 10, works closely with students who are subject to the legislation. He can discuss the prevalence of these students in student government and other leadership roles. He is a leading researcher in the social and psychological development of these students.

He is the author of We ARE Americans: Undocumented Students Pursuing The American Dream, which blends the inspirational stories of optimism and perseverance of undocumented students with the critical policy implications of the continuing neglect of comprehensive immigration reform.  

He research on undocumented immigrant students, funded by the Haynes Foundation and the Fletcher Jones Foundation, has been presented at national and international research conferences. He has been invited to lecture at prestigious institutions of higher education including Harvard University, Stanford University, Brown University, UCLA, Pomona College, and Pitzer College.

Perez has been quoted as an academic expert on immigrant students in newspapers and broadcast media outlets.

Claremont Graduate University has a newly commissioned broadcast studio equipped with VideoLink ReadyCam technology, allowing the media quick, easy access to Perez and other on-campus experts.

Media outlets interested in talking to Perez may contact CGU's communications office.
http://www.cgu.edu/pages/4612.asp

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Founded in 1925, Claremont Graduate University is one of the top graduate schools in the United States. Our nine academic schools conduct leading-edge research and award masters and doctoral degrees in 24 disciplines. Because the world’s problems are not simple nor easily defined, diverse faculty and students research and study across the traditional discipline boundaries to create new and practical solutions for the major problems plaguing our world. A Southern California based graduate school devoted entirely to graduate research and study, CGU boasts a low student-to-faculty ratio.