Peter Simonson, PhD Biography
- Title:
- Executive Director of the ACLU of New Mexico
- Position:
- Pro to the question "Is the ACLU Good for America?"
- Reasoning:
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[Editor’s Note: We have classified Peter Simonson as Pro ACLU since he has served as Executive Director of the ACLU of New Mexico since Oct. 2000.]
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Executive Director, ACLU of New Mexico, Oct. 2000-present
- Works with the Immigrants Rights Community Council
- Former Director, Community Health Partnership
- Former staff of sustainable development and ethnographic research in the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica
- Former Volunteer, Peace Corps, Dominican Republic
- Education:
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- PhD, Cultural Anthropology, University of Michigan, 1994
- MA, Cultural Anthropology, University of Michigan
- BS, Biology, University of Kansas
- Other:
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- Native of Albuquerque, NM
- Born in Wisconsin
- Fluent in Spanish
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