Tuesday, February 03, 2009

UNCW Presents will host one of the world's leading experts on issues of migration and immigration as part of the UNCW Leadership Lecture Series at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 9 in UNCW's Kenan Auditorium.

Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco, Courtney Sale Ross University Professor of Globalization and Education and Co-Director of Immigration Studies at NYU, will speak about "Immigration and the Future of Education." His talk is followed by an audience question and answer period and is co-sponsored by the UNCW Office of International Programs and UNCW Student Media.

Educated in Latin America and at the University of California-Berkeley, Suárez-Orozco co-founded the Harvard Immigration Projects in 1997 and began to co-direct the largest study ever funded in the history of the National Science Foundation's comparative, interdisciplinary and longitudinal study of Asian, Afro-Caribbean, and Latino immigrant youth in American Society. His research examines the implications of globalization for children and youth growing up today and explores why new and broader global visions are needed to educate children and youth, allowing them to be informed, engaged and critical citizens in the new millennium. Studying such topics as bilingual education, assimilation and preservation of one's own cultural tradition, he examines the current wave of immigrants compared to earlier waves and considers the implications for business and society.

Among Professor Suárez-Orozco's many publications are: The New Immigration: An Interdisciplinary Reader (co-edited with Carola Suárez-Orozco and Desirée Qin-Hilliard, 2005); Globalization: Culture and Education in the New Millennium (co-edited with Desirée Qin-Hilliard, 2004); Latinos: Remaking America (co-edited with Mariela Paez, 2002); and the six-volume Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the New Immigration (co-edited with Carola Suárez-Orozco and Desirée Qin-Hilliard, 2001).

BOX OFFICE AND TICKET INFORMATION

Tickets are $9 for the public and free to UNCW students, faculty and staff. For tickets and information, call Kenan Box Office 910.962.3500 or visit www.uncw.edu/presents. Box office hours are 10 am to 6 pm, Monday through Friday and one hour prior to the event.

About the UNCW Leadership Lecture Series
The Leadership Lecture Series is sponsored by UNCW Presents and serves as a forum for intellectual inquiry and discussion offering the campus and community opportunities to discuss and explore the political, cultural and economic trends and issues that shape and affect our communities today. By inviting a speaker to the campus, the university does not endorse any particular position. Expect to be enlightened, challenged and inspired. Series lecturers have included Richard Leakey, Jonathan Kozol, E.O. Wilson, Anna Deavere Smith, Azar Nafisi, David Halberstam, and other distinguished people. For more information, visit uncw.edu/presents.

Media Contact: Shannon Hooker, 910.962.7600 or hookers@uncw.edu