Professor of Sociology at Florida International University, where he has served as a lead investigator of the FIU Cuba Poll since 1991. His research interests include Cuban-American political and labor issues, interethnic relations in Miami, immigration, and Cuba/Latin America. He is the coauthor of This Land Is Our Land: Newcomers and Established Residents in Miami (2003) and The Legacy of Exile: Cubans in the United States (2002).