William Perez

William Perez, Ph.D., an immigrant from El Salvador and first-generation college graduate, is Professor and Chair in the Department of Educational Leadership of the School of Education at Loyola Marymount University. Currently he is also Principal Investigator of the Loyola Marymount World Languages Project. His research focuses on the civic engagement, multilingualism, and academic resilience of immigrant, undocumented, indigenous, and deported students in the U.S. and Mexico. His community-engaged research has received awards from the American Educational Research Association, the Association for the Study of Higher Education, the American Educational Studies Association, the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education, and the Fulbright Scholar’s Program. His scholarship has also been recognized by Education Week’s annual ranking of the top university-based scholars in the U.S. who are doing the most to influence educational policy and practice. He received his B.A. from Pomona College and his Ph.D. from Stanford University, where he was also awarded the Distinguished Scholar Alumni Award.