His research interests include immigration and Haitian and Caribbean politics. He served in the private cabinets of President Jean Bertrand Aristide of Haiti in 1991 and Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis in 2007–2008. He is the author of Haitians in New York City: Transnationalism and Hometown Associations. His articles have appeared in Wadabagei: A Journal of the Caribbean and its Diasporas, the Journal of Haitian Studies, and the Journal of Black Studies. He served as a Caribbean analyst for Freedom in the World.