B.A. in Government, Georgetown University, 1981

M.A. in Education, Specialization in Anthropology, Stanford University, 1987

M.S.Ed. in Human Development and Psychology, Harvard University, 1993

Ph.D. in Human Development and Psychology, Harvard University, 1997

Dr. Marie-Anne Suizzo is primarily interested in how parent-child relationships shape children's and adolescents' development and learning across cultures and ethnic groups. Her research has focused on parental involvement, child socialization, and identity development.

Dr. Marie-Anne Suizzo's research includes on cultural models of parenting during early childhood and adolescence, fathering and father-child relationships across cultures and ethnic groups, as well as parental academic socialization and its effects on children's and adolescents' academic motivation and achievement, especially among at-risk youth. Dr. Suizzo is also interested in parental racial and ethnic socialization and its effects on the development of ethnic minority children. Finally, Dr. Suizzo examines parental education effects on children's development and achievement, especially during school transitions (kindergarten, middle school, and college).

Suizzo, M. (2015). Mexican American parents' involvement in their children's schooling. Mexican American Children and Families: Multidisciplinary Perspectives (1ed.): Routledge. doi:0415854547.

Suizzo, M., Pahlke, E., Yarnell, L., Chen, K. & Romero, S. (2014). Home-based parental involvement in young children's learning across U.S. ethnic groups: Cultural models of academic socialization. Journal of Family Issues, 35(2), 254–287.

Suizzo, M., Jackson, K., Pahlke, E., Marroquin, Y. & Martinez, A. (2012). Pathways to achievement: How low-income Mexican-origin parents promote their children through school. Family Relations, 61(4), 533–547.

Pahlke, E., Bigler, R. & Suizzo, M. (2012). Colorblind socialization strategies fail to prevent racial bias: Evidence from European American mothers and their preschool children. Child Development, 83(4), 1164–1179.

Cooper, C., Crosnoe, R., Suizzo, M. & Pituch, K. (2010). Poverty, race, and parental involvement during the transition to elementary school. Journal of Family Issues, 31(7), 859–883.

Research Grant; Project: Pathways from Parental Socialization to Children's Achievement: A Study of Resilience in Low-Income Mexican American and African American Families, Spencer Foundation (2008 - 2011)

Research Grant; Project: Mothers' Educational Beliefs and Practices: A Cross-Cultural Study of Young Children's Home Learning Environments, The University of Texas at Austin, Office of the Vice President for Research (2004)