Political Science Faculty

Peter Skerry

Professor

Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture University of Virginia

Contributing Editor, American Purpose; Senior Editor, Society

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Peter Skerry

Ph.D.

Contact

McGuinn Hall Room 228

Telephone: 617-552-3112

Email: peter.skerry@bc.edu

Education

  • Ph.D., Harvard University

Courses

Immigration/refugee policy and politics听

Racial, ethnic, and religious pluralism in the U.S.

Islam in American society and politics

Societal change and political institutions

Research Interests

Racial and Ethnic Politics; Immigration Policy

Curriculum Vitae

Biography

Peter Skerry is professor of political science at Boston听College and a Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the听University of Virginia.听 He is also a contributing editor at American Purpose and a member of the editorial听board of Society.听 He was听previously professor of political science at Claremont McKenna College, and听taught political science at UCLA, where he was Director of Washington Programs听at the Center for American Politics and Public Policy.听 He is currently on the Research and Programs听Committee of the Board of Directors of the Pioneer Institute in Boston.听 He previously served on the board of the听United Neighborhood Organization (UNO), a Chicago-based Latino community听organization and charter school operator.

He was also Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and a听Research Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.听 He served as co-convenor of the Brookings-Duke Immigration Policy Roundtable, and as co-director of the听Dialogue on Islam in America at the American Enterprise Institute.听 He was a member of the Malta Forum, a听dialogue between Western and Muslim public intellectuals convened by the听Institute for American Values.听 He served听on the Advisory Council on European/Transatlantic Issues at the Heinrich B枚ll Foundation听of the B眉ndis 90/Die Gr眉nen (the German Green Party).听 He has been awarded residential fellowships听at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the American Academy听in Berlin, and the Russell Sage Foundation.听

Professor Skerry has published in听a variety of scholarly and general interest publications, including Society, Publius, Journal of Policy听History, The Forum, The New Republic, Slate, The Public Interest, The Wilson听Quarterly, National Review, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, National Affairs, the 奥别别办濒测听Standard, First Things, Foreign Affairs, The American Interest, and American Purpose.

He is author of Counting听on the Census: Race, Group Identity, and the Evasion of Politics (Brookings) and Mexican听Americans: The Ambivalent Minority (Free Press/Harvard University Press),听which was awarded the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.听 He is currently completing a study of Muslims听in the United States, From the听Brotherhood to the Neighborhood: Muslims in American Society and Politics.听 听 听 听

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