Richard Alba is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at City University of New York and is the author of many books, including (with Victor Nee) Remaking the American Mainstream: Assimilation and Contemporary Immigration and Ethnic Identity: The Transformation of White America.

Richard Alba is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the Graduate Center CUNY and author of many books including Remaking the American Mainstream: Assimilation and Contemporary Immigration and Immigration and Religion in America: Comparative and Historical Perspectives.