Mark Hugo Lopez

Mark Hugo Lopez is associate director of the Pew Hispanic Center. He studies the attitudes and opinions of Latinos, Hispanic views of identity, the political engagement of Latinos in the nation’s elections and Latino youth. Lopez also coordinates the Pew Hispanic Center’s National Survey of Latinos, an annual nationwide survey of Latinos. He has been a 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 received his doctorate in economics from Princeton University. He is an author of reports about the Hispanic electorate, Hispanic identity and reports on immigration. Lopez frequently appears in national and international media in both Spanish and English.