Dwaine Plaza
Dwaine Plaza is an Associate Professor in the Sociology Department at Oregon State University. He completed a doctorate at York University in Toronto, Canada, in 1996. He went on to do a postdoctoral fellowship at Oxford Brookes University in 1997. Since then he has lived in Oregon. He writes extensively on the topic of Caribbean migration within the international diaspora. His publications focus on: return migration; remittance practices among Caribbeans; hybridity and segmented assimilation among second generation Caribbeans; migration and settlement experiences of Caribbeans; immigration policy and its influence on flows of Caribbean people; sexuality and identity issues among the second generation; and elderly Caribbeans living in Great Britain. His current research looks at the role of the Internet and constructed websites in maintaining Caribbean culture in the international dispora. He is also working on a book which examines Caribbean Canadians’ overcoming barriers to mobility. A full list of his publications can be found at: http://oregonstate.edu/cla/sociology/faculty/plazad/. His contact information is: The Department of Sociology, Room 302 Fairbanks Hall, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, 97330, United States. Email: dplaza@orst.edu.
