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William D. Lopez

Clinical Associate Professor of Public Health, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Chapter Member: Michigan SSN
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About William

Lopez's research, teaching, and writing address the experiences of immigrants and Latinos in the rural U.S. with a focus on worksite enforcement. He is the author of the award-winning book, Separated: Family and Community in the Aftermath of an Immigration Raid. He is a faculty associate in the Latina/o Studies program and Senior Advisor at Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan.

Contributions

To Stop Bird Flu, Michigan Must Protect Farmworkers

  • Kristina M. Fullerton Rico

In the News

Guest on Deadline: White House, November 30, 2024.
Guest on NPR: Weekend Edition Saturday, November 16, 2019.
Interviewed in "Author William Lopez on How Immigration Raids Inflict Long-Lasting Trauma," The Texas Observer, October 24, 2019.
Opinion: "For an Immigrant, Seeing a 'Police Car Is Something That Makes Me Go Cold'," William D. Lopez (with Nicole Novak), CNN, July 16, 2019.

Publications

Separated: Family and Community in the Aftermath of an Immigration Raid (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021).

Discusses deportation's rippling negative effects on families, communities, and individuals in the midwestern U.S.