#  Marlene Gaynair 

William Lyon Mackenzie King Postdoctoral Fellow, Canada Program.

Assistant Professor, Department of History, Washington State University.

 

 

 



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**Research interests:** Modern Canada and US; Caribbean/Jamaican diaspora; urban studies; migration; transnational history; popular culture; digital humanities; and race and ethnicity.



 

 

 





 

 

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