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.