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
No Jargon Podcast
In the News
Guest on KTVU Fox 2, April 15, 2025.
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 ), 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.