Well-known as a specialist in demographic trends and their relation to all areas of policy and planning, Professor Myers has been a longstanding advisor to the United States Census Bureau. In March 2007, the Russell Sage Foundation published his newest book, Immigrants and Boomers: Forging a New Social Contract for the Future of America, which received the 2007 Thomas and Znaniecki Award from the American Sociological Association for Best Book on Immigration.  In fall 2006, Professor Myers also was recipient of the Haynes Award for Research Impact that was issued on the occasion of the Haynes Foundation’s 80th anniversary. In spring 2009, his paper “Aging Baby Boomers and the Generational Housing Bubble” (with Sung Ho Ryu) was judged the best article of 2008 in the Journal of the American Planning Association.

In the past two years Dr. Myers has testified before the U.S. Congress at Ellis Island and before the Latino Caucus of the California Legislature.  He also has been invited to speak about Immigrants and Boomers before many audiences, including the California Business Roundtable, the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, real estate and business associations, community organizing groups, library and higher education conferences, and at several universities, including the Chancellor’s retreat for Provosts of all campuses in the California State University System.

His undergraduate degree in anthropology from Columbia University was followed by a Master of Planning degree from the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Myers holds a Ph.D. in urban and regional planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and he also studied demography and sociology at Harvard University