Marie-Anne Suizzo studies variations in parent-child relationships across cultures and ethnic groups. She examines how parent-child interactions and parenting practices shape adolescents' academic and social-emotional development. The outcomes she investigates include achievement motivation, school engagement, cultural beliefs and values, and social-emotional well-being. Parents can play an important role in helping adolescents deal effectively with the challenges of school transitions, such as the transitions to middle school and to college. The aim of Suizzos research is to gain a deeper understanding of the unique cultural strengths that parents utilize in socializing and supporting their children during these times. She is particularly interested in the challenges faced by low-income and ethnic minority adolescents, including racial and ethnic discrimination and economic disadvantage. She has conducted research in Mexican American, African American, Asian American, and European American families. Because her research questions span the disciplines of psychology and anthropology, she uses both quantitative and qualitative methods of inquiry.
More recently, Suizzo has extended her research program in two, related directions. First, she is investigating the unique roles of fathers and mothers in adolescents development, looking at differences in parent-child relationships by adolescent gender. Second, she is studying parent-adolescent conversations as a means of academic and emotional socialization, and the potential effects of those conversations on school engagement and social-emotional well-being.
Ed.D. in Human Development and Psychology, Harvard University, 1997
M.Ed. in Human Development and Psychology, Harvard University, 1993
M.A. in Education, Specialization in Anthropology, Stanford University, 1987
B.A. in Government, Georgetown University, 1981
Research interests center around how parent-child relationships, parental involvement, and child socialization shape children's and adolescents' development and learning across cultures and ethnic groups.
Suizzo, M. A., Rackley, K., Robbins, P., Jackson, K. M., Rarick, J. D. & McClain, S. (2017). The unique effects of fathers warmth on adolescents positive beliefs and behaviors: Pathways to resilience in low-income families. Sex Roles, 77(1-2), 46–58.
Suizzo, M. A., Jackson, K., Pahlke, E., McClain, S., Marroquin, Y., Blondeau, L. & Hong, K. (2016). Parents school satisfaction and academic socialization predict adolescents autonomous motivation: A mixed-method study of low-income ethnic minority families. Journal of Adolescent Research, 31(3), 343–37.
Suizzo, M. A., Pahlke, E., Chapman-Hilliard, C. & Harvey, K. (2016). African American and Mexican American youths college adjustment and perceptions of parental academic socialization: Interactions between ethnicity and parental education.. Journal of Research on Human Development, 13, 241–257.
Suizzo, M. (2015). Mexican American parents involvement in their childrens 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 childrens 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.
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 Childrens Home Learning Environments, The University of Texas at Austin, Office of the Vice President for Research (2004)
Cambrian Nauman, Ph.D., expected 2024 (Supervisor)
Cambrian's research interests lie in understanding contextual influences and protective processes that help children overcome adversity and foster wellness and development. She is particularly interested in identifying characteristics of the educational environment that are most effective in improving students' educational and psychological well-being, especially in underserved or marginalized populations.
Kate Puckett, Ph.D., expected 2021 (Committee Member)
QRIS systems and their influence on quality as perceived by teachers; Play as an evidenced based curriculum; Early childhood teacher education; Mentoring of inservice teachers in childcare settings; Influences on adults' decisions about how much risky play to allow children to participate in, particularly in cross-cultural settings
Kristie Andrea Wood (Supervisor)
Broadly, I am interested in parent child relationships in the context of dementia, aging, and grief and loss.
I'm also interested in using film in clinical work and as part of research dissemination. I'm producing a 3-part research documentary series about dementia caregiving during Covid-19. Furthermore, I am passionate to help shorten the gap between psychology and technology by developing research-driven tools that promote well-being.
Yookyung Lee (Supervisor)
Yookyungs research interests include the relationship between positive parenting behaviors (particularly fathering behaviors) and childrens adjustment, how maternal and paternal warmth functions as a protective factor against childrens behavior problems, and how such processes differ across cultures.
Shamecca Perkins (Supervisor)
Year | Semester | Course |
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2020 | Fall | EDP 382F: 6-Culture/Child Dev/Eductn-Wb |
2020 | Fall | EDP 382F: 3-Life Span Development-Wb |
2019 | Fall | EDP 382F: 6-Culture/Child Dev/Education |
2019 | Fall | EDP 382F: 2-Individual Thru Life Cycle |
2019 | Spring | EDP 350G: Adolescent Development |
2019 | Spring | EDP 350E: Intro: Life Span Development |
2018 | Fall | EDP 382F: 2-Individual Thru Life Cycle |
2018 | Fall | EDP 350G: Adolescent Development |
2018 | Summer | EDP f382F: 2-Individual Thru Life Cycle |
2018 | Spring | EDP 382F: 6-Culture/Child Dev/Education |
2018 | Spring | EDP 350E: Intro: Life Span Development |
2017 | Fall | EDP 382F: 2-Individual Thru Life Cycle |
2017 | Fall | EDP 350G: Adolescent Development |
2017 | Summer | EDP f382F: 2-Individual Thru Life Cycle |
2017 | Spring | ALD 328: Applied Human Learning-A |
2017 | Spring | EDP 382F: 2-Individual Thru Life Cycle |
2016 | Fall | ALD 328: Applied Human Learning-H |
2016 | Fall | EDP 363M: 3-Adolescent Development |
2016 | Spring | EDP 382F: 6-Culture/Child Dev/Education |
2016 | Spring | EDP 363M: 3-Adolescent Development |
2015 | Spring | EDP 385: 2-Child/Adol Soc/Emot/Cogn Dev |
2015 | Spring | EDP 363M: 3-Adolescent Development |
2014 | Fall | ALD 328: Applied Human Learning-G |
2014 | Fall | EDP 385: Chld & Adol Soc/Emot/Cogn Dev |
2014 | Spring | EDP 363M: 3-Adolescent Development |
2014 | Spring | EDP 391: 1-Cul, Child Devel, & Educatn |