David W Haines Editor & Author

David W. Haines is associate professor of anthropology at George Mason University. His earlier books include Refugees as Immigrants: Cambodians, Laotians, and Vietnamese in America (1989) and Refugees in America in the 1990s: A Reference Handbook (Greenwood, 1996). He is a past Chair of the American Anthropological Association's Committee on Refugees and Immigrants. His other academic work focuses on Vietnamese social history, American culture and society, and refugee and immigration policy.

Karen E. Rosenblum is currently Vice-President for University Life at George Mason University. Her PhD is in sociology, and her other publications include The Meaning of Difference: American Constructions of Race, Sex and Gender, Social Class, and Sexual Orientation (1996, 2nd ed. forthcoming 1999). Her publications focus on gender, language, and the social construction of minority groups.