Beka Guluma serves on the OSA Executive Committee as Membership and Development Officer. He earned his B.A. in Political Science from the University of Michigan, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Sociology from Stanford University. Currently, he is a Post-Doctoral Associate at the University of Maryland, College Park in the Department of African American and Africana Studies. His research examines the relationship between immigrant integration, transnational engagement, and racial and ethnic identity with a particular focus on Black (namely, African) immigrants. His research has been published in some of the top racial and ethnic studies journals including Sociology of Race and Ethnicity and Race and Social Problems.