Marcelo Suárez-Orozco

Marcelo Suárez-Orozco


9th Chancellor of UMass Boston
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 August 2020
Preceded by	J. Keith Motley Katherine Newman (interim)

Personal details
Born	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Spouse	Carola Suárez-Orozco
Alma mater	University of California, Berkeley
Website	Official website

Marcelo Suárez-Orozco is the ninth permanent and current chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Boston, ^[1]^[2] and is the first Latino to lead a campus in the Massachusetts public university system.^[2] He is the former inaugural UCLA Wasserman Dean at UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies.

Pope Francis appointed Suárez-Orozco to the Executive Committee of Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences in January 2018.^[3]^[4]

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 BA in psychology (1980), and a master’s (1981) and PhD in anthropology (1986) from the University of California, Berkeley.^[5]^[6]

Career

Suárez-Orozco served as a special adviser for education, peace, and justice to the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague.^[7]^[3]

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.^[8]

Suárez-Orozco served as the Victor S. Thomas Professor of Education at Harvard University, and co-founded the Harvard Immigration Project with his wife, Carola Suárez-Orozco.^[9] He served as the Courtney Sale Ross University Professor of Globalization and Education at New York University.^[10]

His research topics include psychological anthropology and cultural psychology, with a focus on globalization, education, and migration.^[5]

Chancellor at UMass Boston

Suárez-Orozco became chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Boston in August 2020, announcing initiatives to move the university toward "becoming a leading anti-racist and health promoting public research university."^[11]

He created the position of special assistant to the chancellor for Black life.^[11]^[12] In July 2020, Suárez-Orozco and his wife, Carola, established the George Floyd Honorary Scholarship Fund.^[13]

Honors

• Member of the Executive Committee, Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, The Vatican (Appointed by Pope Francis, June 2019)^[4]
• Member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, The Vatican (Appointed by Pope Francis, January 2018)^[14]
• Great Immigrant/Great American, The Carnegie Corporation of New York (Elected July 4, 2018).”^[15]
• Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Elected April 2014).^[7]
• Orden Mexicana del Águila Azteca (The Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle), 2006^[5]
• Member of the National Academy of Education (Elected April 2004)^[16]

Books

Suárez-Orozco has co-authored and edited books published by Harvard University Press, Stanford University Press, University of California Press, Cambridge University Press, New York University Press, and others.^[6]

His books include:

• Central American Refugees and U.S. High Schools: A Psychosocial Study of Motivation and Achievement, 1989^[17]
• Transformations: Immigration, Family Life, and Achievement Motivation Among Latino Adolescents, 1996^[18]
• Crossings: Mexican Immigration in Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 1998^[19]
• Children of Immigration, 2001 (The Developing Child)^[20]
• Cultures under Siege: Collective Violence and Trauma, 2001^[21]
• Latinos: Remaking America, 2002^[22]
• Globalization: Culture and Education in the Millennium, 2004^[23]
• The New Immigration: An Interdisciplinary Reader, 2005^[24]
• Learning in the Global Era: International Perspectives on Globalization and Education, 2007^[25]
• Learning a New Land: Immigrant Students in American Society, 2008 (Winner of the Stone Award for Best Book on Education)^[26]
• Educating the Whole Child for the Whole World: The Ross School Model and Education for the Global Era, 2010^[27]
• Writing Immigration: Scholars and Journalists in Dialogue, 2011^[28]
• Global Migration, Diversity, and Civic Education: Improving Policy and Practice, 2016 (Multicultural Education Series)^[29]
• Humanitarianism and Mass Migration: Confronting the World Crisis, 2019^[30]

References

^ "Chancellor Marcelo Suárez-Orozco". University of Massachusetts Boston. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Marcelo Suarez-Orozco named next UMass Boston chancellor". Boston Globe. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b "UMass trustees pick Suárez-Orozco as Boston chancellor". Boston Business Journal. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Dean appointed to the leadership committee of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences". University of California, Los Angeles. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Marcelo Suárez-Orozco". Carnegie Foundation. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Suárez-Orozco CV" (PDF). University of Massachusetts Boston. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Marcelo M. SuÃ¡rez-Orozco". American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
^ "Marcelo Suárez-Orozco Named Chancellor of University of Massachusetts Boston". UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
^ "Suarez-Orozcos Focus on the Youngest Immigrants". The Harvard Gazette. 24 February 2000. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
^ "Suárez-Orozco Calls Immigration the Nation's "History and Destiny" on MSNBC Special". New York University. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Chancellor Marcelo Suárez-Orozco appoints first special advisor for Black Life at UMass Boston". University of Massachusetts. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
^ "In an internal reckoning, UMass Boston taps administrator to oversee 'Black Life'". Boston Globe. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
^ "New UMass Boston leader starts scholarship to honor George Floyd". Boston Globe. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
^ "Pope names canon lawyer to advisory body, UCLA professor for think tank". Catholic News Service. 29 October 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
^ "Marcelo Suárez-Orozco Named a "Great Immigrant" by the Carnegie Corporation". UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
^ "Marcelo Suárez-Orozco". National Academy of Education. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
^ "Central American refugees and U.S. high schools: A psychosocial study of motivation and achievement". Stanford University Press. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
^ Transformations: Immigration, Family Life, and Achievement Motivation Among Latino Adolescents. Stanford University Press. 1995. ISBN 9780804725507. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
^ "Crossings: Mexican Immigration in Interdisciplinary Perspectives". Harvard University Press. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
^ "Children of Immigration (The Developing Child)". Harvard University Press. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
^ "Cultures under Siege: Collective Violence and Trauma". Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
^ Latinos: Remaking America. University of California Press. December 2008. ISBN 978-0-520-25827-3. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
^ Globalization: Culture and Education in the Millennium. University of California Press. 2004. ISBN 9780520241237. JSTOR 10.1525/j.ctt1pnvk4. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
^ "The New Immigration: An Interdisciplinary Reader". Routledge. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
^ Learning in a Global Era: International Perspectives on Globalization and Education. University of California Press. October 2007. ISBN 978-0-520-25436-7. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
^ "Learning a New Land: Immigrant Students in American Society". Harvard University Press. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
^ "Educating the Whole Child for the Whole World". New York University Press. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
^ Writing Immigration: Scholars and Journalists in Dialogue. University of California Press. September 2011. ISBN 978-0-520-26718-3. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
^ "Global Migration, Diversity, and Civic Education: Improving Policy and Practice". National Academy of Education. 12 October 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
^ Humanitarianism and Mass Migration: Confronting the World Crisis. University of California Press. January 2019. ISBN 978-0-520-29714-2. Retrieved 14 March 2021.

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