Next conference: March 6-7, 2009, New York City
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FEATURED SPEAKER: MARCELO M. SUÁREZ-OROZCO
University Professor and The Courtney Sale Ross University Professor of Globalization and Education, and Co-Director, Immigration Studies @ NYUMarcelo M. Suárez-Orozco's research is on conceptual and empirical problems in the areas of cultural psychology and psychological anthropology with a focus on the study of immigration, globalization and education. He is author of numerous scholarly essays, books, and edited volumes. Professor Suárez-Orozco, the former Victor S. Thomas Professor of Education and Culture at Harvard, co-founded the Harvard Immigration Projects with his wife, Carola, in 1997, where they co-directed the largest study ever funded in the history of the National Science Foundation's Cultural Anthropology division-a study of Asian, Afro-Caribbean, and Latino immigrant youth in American society. The results of this landmark study, Learning a New Land: Immigrant Students in American Society will be published in 2008. Professor Suárez-Orozco lectures widely throughout the world. He convened the First International Conference on Globalization and Learning in Sweden, and was invited to address the topic of global migration at the United Nations Secretary General's First Annual Global Colloquium of University Presidents convened by Kofi Annan. He is the winner of multiple honors and awards. In 2004 he was elected to the National Academy of Education. In September 2004, Professor Suárez-Orozco was appointed the first Courtney Sale Ross University Professor of Globalization and Education at New York University where he also is Co-Director of Immigration Studies @ NYU and Co-Director of the Institute for Globalization and Education in Metropolitan Settings, IGEMS. |
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