Email
msuizzo@austin.utexas.edu
Office & Hours
Office: SZB 506A
Tuesday: 2:00 - 4:00
and by appointment.
Phone
(512) 471-0379
Fax
(512) 471-1288
Courses of Instruction
Child and Adolescent Social and Cognitive Development, EDP385 (Graduate Course)
Culture, Child Development, and Education, EDP391 (Graduate Seminar)
Adolescent Development, EDP363 (Undergraduate Course)
Applied Human Learning, ALD328 (Undergraduate Teacher Education Course)
Mailing Address
The University of Texas at Austin
Educ Psychol Dept
1 University Station D5800
Austin, TX 78712-1294
UT Mail Code: D5800
Full Vita
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Profile
I am interested in how parent-child relationships shape children's and adolescents' development and learning across cultures and ethnic groups.
Education
Ed.D., Harvard University, Human Development and Psychology
M.A., Stanford University
B.A., Georgetown University
Representative Publications
Suizzo, M.-A., Pahlke, E., Romero, S., Yarnell, L., & Chen, K.-Y. (In press). Home-Based parental involvement in young children’s learning across U.S. ethnic groups: Cultural models of academic socialization. Journal of Family Issues
Suizzo, M.-A., Jackson, K., Pahlke, E., Marroquin, Y., & Martinez, A. (In press). Pathways to achievement: How low-income Mexican-origin parents promote their adolescents through school. Family Relations
Suizzo, M.-A., Robinson, C. R., & Pahlke, E. (2008). African American mothers' socialization beliefs and goals with young children: Themes of history, education, and collective independence. Journal of Family Issues. 29(3), 287-316.
Rochlen, A. B., Suizzo, M.-A., Scaringi, V., & McKelley, R. A. (2008). “I’m just providing for my family:” A qualitative study of stay-at-home-fathers. Psychology of Men and Masculinity, 9(4), 193-206.
Suizzo, M.-A., Chen, W.-C., Cheng, C.-C., Liang, A., Contreras, H., Zanger, D., & Robinson, C. (2008). Parental beliefs about young children’s socialization across U.S. ethnic groups: Coexistence of independence and interdependence. Early Child Development and Care.
Recent Awards
- Spencer Foundation Research Grant. $40,000. Awarded for period: January 1, 2008 - August 31, 2011. Project: Pathways from Parental Socialization to Children's Achievement: A Study of Resilience in Low-Income Mexican American and African American Families.
- Research Grant. $5,990. The University of Texas at Austin, Office of the Vice President for Research. Awarded for period: September 1 - August 31, 2004. Project: Mothers’ Educational Beliefs and Practices: A Cross-Cultural Study of Young Children’s Home Learning Environments
Current Research Projects and Grants
Pathways from Parental Socialization to Children's Achievement: A Study of Resilience in Low-Income Mexican American and African American Families
Parental and Ethnic Group Influences on the Adjustment of Mexican American and African American College Students
Research Interests and Expertise
Cultural models of parenting during early childhood and adolescence
Fathering and father-child relationships across cultures and ethnic groups
Parental academic socialization and its effects on children's and adolescents’ academic motivation and achievement, especially among at-risk youth
Parental racial and ethnic socialization and its effects on the development of ethnic minority children
Parental education effects on children’s development and achievement, especially during school transitions (kindergarten, middle school, and college)
Boards, Committees and Associations
- Society for Research on Child Development
- Society for Research on Adolescence
- International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development