He earned his Master’s and Ph.D. from SUNY Binghamton and BA (Honors) in History from the University of Guyana. Dr. Westmaas is a regular guest contributor to columns in the Stabroek News, one of the national newspapers of Guyana. His other research interests include the history of the newspaper press, pan-Africanism, and the rise and impact of political and social movements mainly in the Anglophone Caribbean. Dr. Westmaas has been politically active in Guyana with the party of Walter Rodney, the Working Peoples Alliance.