Daniel G. Solórzano is a American educator and researcher, known for his work in critical race theory, racial microaggressions, microaffirmations, and critical spatial analysis.

Early life and education 
Solórzano grew up in Los Angeles, CA. He earned his Ph.D. in the Sociology of Education in 1986, and his M.A. in Educational Policy in 1983 from Claremont Graduate University.  He received his M.Ed. in Urban/Multicultural Education and B.A. in Sociology and Chicano Studies from Loyola Marymount University.

Career 
Solórzano has worked in education for around 50 years. His early research studied how scholars of color, specifically Chicana/o scholars, encountered marginalization and racism in spaces of higher education as they pursued their doctorate programs. Solórzano's research and teaching interests with critical race theory examines the relationships between race, power and education and the ways inequality and systemic racism work. He was influenced by the work of Chester M. Pierce, who coined the term microaggression in 1970. 

Solórzano founded the Center for Critical Race Studies in Education at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 2015 along with a group of graduate students, and serves as the Director of the center. 

Solórzano is known for his mentorship and was honored with the inaugural Revolutionary Mentor Award from the American Educational Research Association's (AERA) Social Justice Special Interest Group in 2017.

Solórzano has taught at UCLA for 33 years and is a professor in the UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, Department of Education and the College of Social Sciences, Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies. He has also taught at the Los Angeles County Juvenile Hall, the California Community College, the California State University and the University of California systems. He also led the University of California All Campus Consortium on Research for Diversity (UC/ACCORD) as director from 2008 to 2015.

Solórzano is co-editor of the anthology The Chicana/o Education Pipeline: History, Institutional Critique and Resistance, which presents a historical overview of the Chicana/o experience in the education pipeline from the 1880's to 2015. The essays selected for the anthology were originally published in Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies, the oldest Chicana/o journal in the U.S.

Selected awards and recognition 

 AERA Council, 2022
 Elected Member, National Academy of Education, 2020
 2021, received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Claremont Graduate University
 AERA Distinguished Lecture on Racial Microaggressions, 2019
 Revolutionary Mentor Award, Social Justice Special Interest Group, American Educational Research Association, 2017
 Fellow of the American Education Research Association, 2014
 Mildred Garcia Exemplary Scholarship Award from the Association for Studies in Higher Education (ASHE), 2013
 American Education Research Association (AERA) Social Justice in Education Award, 2012
 Critical Race Studies in Education Association Derrick A. Bell Legacy Award, 2012
 UCLA Distinguished Teacher Award, 2007

Selected publications 
Source:

 Racial Microaggressions: Using Critical Race Theory to Respond to Everyday Racism (2020)
 Solórzano, Daniel and Yosso, TJ. "Critical race methodology: Counter-storytelling as an analytical framework for education research." Qualitative Inquiry, vol. 8, no.1, 2002, pp.23-44.
 Solórzano, Daniel, Ceja, Miguel, Tara Yosso. "Critical race theory, racial microaggressions, and campus racial climate: The experiences of African American college students." Journal of Negro education, 2000, pp. 60-73.
 Solórzano, Daniel and Delgado Bernal, Dolores. "Examining transformational resistance through a critical race and LatCrit theory framework: Chicana and Chicano students in an urban context." Urban education, vol. 36, no. 3, 2001, pp.308-342.

References 

Critical race theory
American educators
University of California, Los Angeles
Claremont Graduate University alumni
Researchers

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people