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]
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]
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]
• 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]
• 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]
