Mark C. Suchman (he/him) is a Research Professor at the American Bar Foundation and a Professor of Sociology at Purdue University. He served as Executive Director of the ABF from 2023 to 2025. Before joining the ABF, Suchman was a Professor of Sociology at Brown University, where he led the Sociology Department’s Work, Organizations, and Economy faculty.
Suchman has studied law and entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley, business disputing practices, and patient privacy in the American healthcare system. His research has been supported by major grant-giving organizations, including the National Science Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the American Sociolegal Association, among others. His work has been featured in a number of scholarly journals, including the Academy of Management Review, the Annual Review of Law and Social Science, and Law & Social Inquiry.
Suchman has a long history of engagement with the ABF. He completed a Doctoral Fellowship at the ABF in his early career, advised the Board of Directors Research Committee from 2013 to 2016, and served on the External Research Review Committee (Wheeler Committee) from 2017 to 2023.
