Marcelo Suárez-Orozco is the ninth permanent and current

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of the

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, and is the first Latino to lead a campus in the Massachusetts public university system. He is the former inaugural UCLA Wasserman Dean at UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies.

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appointed Suárez-Orozco to the Executive Committee of Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences in January 2018.

Early life and education

Suárez-Orozco is a native of

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, and immigrated to the United States at age 17. After studying in community college, he earned his AB in psychology (1980), and a master’s (1981) and PhD in anthropology (1986) from the

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Career

Suárez-Orozco served as a special adviser for education, peace, and justice to the chief prosecutor of the

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. He served as UCLA's Wasserman Dean of Education & Information Studies for eight years and raised an estimated $120 million in support of the school. Suárez-Orozco served as the Victor S. Thomas Professor of Education at

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, and co-founded the Harvard Immigration Project with his wife, Carola Suárez-Orozco. He served as the Courtney Sale Ross University Professor of Globalization and Education at

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. His research topics include psychological anthropology and cultural psychology, with a focus on globalization, education, and migration.

Chancellor at UMass Boston

Suárez-Orozco became chancellor of the

in August 2020, announcing initiatives to move the university toward "becoming a leading anti-racist and health promoting public research university." He created the position of special assistant to the chancellor for Black life. In July 2020, Suárez-Orozco and his wife, Carola, established the

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Honorary Scholarship Fund.

Honors

• Member of the Executive Committee, Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, The Vatican (Appointed by Pope Francis, June 2019)
• Member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, The Vatican (Appointed by Pope Francis, January 2018)
• Great Immigrant/Great American, The Carnegie Corporation of New York (Elected July 4, 2018).”
• Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Elected April 2014).
• Orden Mexicana del Águila Azteca (The Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle), 2006
• Member of the National Academy of Education (Elected April 2004)

Books

Suárez-Orozco has co-authored and edited books published by

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, and others.

His books include: • Central American Refugees and U.S. High Schools: A Psychosocial Study of Motivation and Achievement, 1989
• Transformations: Immigration, Family Life, and Achievement Motivation Among Latino Adolescents, 1996
• Crossings: Mexican Immigration in Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 1998
• Children of Immigration, 2001 (The Developing Child)
• Cultures under Siege: Collective Violence and Trauma, 2001
• Latinos: Remaking America, 2002
• Globalization: Culture and Education in the Millennium, 2004
• The New Immigration: An Interdisciplinary Reader, 2005
• Learning in the Global Era: International Perspectives on Globalization and Education, 2007
• Learning a New Land: Immigrant Students in American Society, 2008 (Winner of the Stone Award for Best Book on Education)
• Educating the Whole Child for the Whole World: The Ross School Model and Education for the Global Era, 2010
• Writing Immigration: Scholars and Journalists in Dialogue, 2011
• Global Migration, Diversity, and Civic Education: Improving Policy and Practice, 2016 (Multicultural Education Series)
• Humanitarianism and Mass Migration: Confronting the World Crisis, 2019

References

External links

In an internal reckoning, UMass Boston taps administrator to oversee 'Black Life', Boston Globe 11.10.20UMass Boston Fall Convocation 2020 09.26.20Children of Immigrants: The American Promise, Rational Middle 09.20Marcelo Suárez-Orozco — Scholar And Immigrant — Will Be UMass Boston's Next Leader, WBUR 2.10.20New UMass Boston Chancellor Begins, NECN 9.4.20Marcelo Suárez-Orozco appointed to Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, UCLA Newsroom 2.12.18Opinion: Like it or not, immigrant children are our future, Washington Post 9.20.18Words Matter: Nasty, Donald Trump-style immigration rhetoric hurts children, US News 9.10.15America’s First Latin American President?, US News 7.20.16Marcelo Suárez-Orozco Named a “Great Immigrant” by the Carnegie Corporation, UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies 7.18
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