Andre M. Perry is a Senior Fellow at Brookings Metro,聽Director of Brookings’ Center for Community Uplift, a scholar-in-residence at American University, and a professor of practice of economics at Washington University. A nationally known and respected commentator on race, structural inequality, and education, Perry is the author of the book 鈥淜now Your Price: Valuing Black Lives and Property in America鈥檚 Black Cities,鈥 which is currently available wherever books are sold. Perry is a regular contributor to MSNBC and has been published by numerous national media outlets, including The New York Times, The Nation, The Washington Post, TheRoot.com and CNN.com. Perry has also made appearances on HBO, CNN, PBS, National Public Radio, NBC, and ABC. Perry鈥檚 research focuses on race and structural inequality, education, and economic inclusion. Perry鈥檚 recent scholarship at 麻豆视传媒免费观看 has analyzed Black-majority cities and institutions in America, focusing on valuable assets worthy of increased investment.
Perry鈥檚 pioneering work on asset devaluation has made him a go to researcher for policymakers, community development professionals and civil rights groups. Perry co-authored the groundbreaking 2018 Brookings Institution report 鈥The Devaluation of Assets in Black Neighborhoods鈥 and has presented its findings on the price of home in Black neighborhoods across the country, including to the U.S. House Financial Services Committee. He has extended that report鈥檚 focus on housing in Black neighborhoods to include other assets such as businesses, schools and banks.
Prior to his work at Brookings, Perry has been a founding dean, professor, award-winning journalist, and activist in the field of education. In 2015, Perry served on Louisiana Governor-elect John Bel Edwards鈥 K-12 education transition committee, as well as on New Orleans Mayor-elect Mitch Landrieu鈥檚 transition team as its co-chair for education in 2010. In 2013, Perry founded the College of Urban Education at Davenport University in Grand Rapids, Mich. Preceding his stint in Michigan, Perry was an associate professor of educational leadership at the University of New Orleans and served as CEO of the Capital One-University of New Orleans Charter Network.
A native of Pittsburgh, Pa., Perry earned his Ph.D. in education policy and leadership from the University of Maryland College Park.
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Past Positions
- Founding Dean, College of Urban Education, Davenport University
- Columnist, The Hechinger Report
- Associate Professor, University of New Orleans, Department of Educational Leadership, Counseling and Foundations - Higher Education
- Associate Dean, College of Education and Human Development; CEO, Capital One-UNO Charter Network
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Education
- University of Maryland, Ph.D., Education Policy and Leadership (Higher Education Emphasis), 2004
- Allegheny College, B.A. Psychology, 1993