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Marcelo Suárez-Orozco
Marcelo Suárez-Orozco is an Argentine anthropologist who is the ninth chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Boston. He is best known for his research on immigration, education and globalization, and is the first Latino to lead a campus in the Massachusetts public university system. Prior to his return to the Commonwealth, Dr. Suárez-Orozco served as the inaugural UCLA Wasserman Dean at UCLA School of Education and Information Studies. Pope Francis 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 Buenos Aires, Argentina, and immigrated to the United States at age 17. After studying in community college, he earned a B.A. in psychology (1980), a master’s degree (1981) and a Ph.D. in anthropology (1986) from the University of California, Berkeley. Career Suárez-Orozco served as a special adviser for education, peace, and justice to the chief prosecutor of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Massachusetts Boston
The University of Massachusetts Boston (stylized as UMass Boston) is a Public university, public US-based research university. It is the only public research university in Boston and the third-largest campus in the five-campus University of Massachusetts system. The university is a member of the Coalition of Urban Serving Universities and the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities. It is Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research spending and doctorate production". History Origins (pre-1964) The University of Massachusetts, University of Massachusetts System dates back to the founding of University of Massachusetts Amherst, Massachusetts Agricultural College under the Morrill Land-Grant Acts in 1863. Prior to the founding of UMass Boston, the Amherst campus was the only public, comprehensive university in the state. As late as the 1950s, Massachusetts ranked at or near the bottom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |