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Anna O. Law
Associate Professor and Herb Kurz Chair in Constitutional Rights
Political Science
Location: 3407 James Hall
Phone: 718.951.5000 x1741
Fax: 718.951.4833
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Anna Law holds the Herbert Kurz Chair in Constitutional Rights. Her publications appear in both social science and law journals and investigate the interaction between law, legal institutions and politics. Her first book, The Immigration Battle in American Courts (Cambridge University Press 2010), examined the role of the federal judiciary in U.S. immigration policy, and the institutional evolution of the Supreme Court and U.S. Courts of Appeals. Law is a former program analyst at the bipartisan, blue-ribbon United States Commission on Immigration Reform. She has shared her expertise with the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Department of Homeland Security and National Science Foundation. In 2007, she appeared as a recurring narrator with other academic experts and two Supreme Court justices in the PBS award winning documentary. Her current projects include a second book on immigration federalism and slavery, and National Science Foundation funded research on gender & asylum.
Education:
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin - 2003 (Government)
M.A., Brown University - 1993 (American Civilization)
B.A., Brandeis University - 1992 (Politics)
Areas of Expertise:
The interaction between law, legal institutions and politics; U.S. constitutional law and U.S. immigration law and policy.
Books and Publications
Law, Anna and Daniel Tichenor. "Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration in American Politics." The Oxford Handbook on Racial and Ethnic Politics in America. Oxford University Press. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2019
Book Review of Rebecca Hamlin's Let Me Be A Refugee (Oxford University Press 2014) for the Law and Politics Book Review. (Available at: http://www.lpbr.net/2017/06/let-me-be-refugee.html). (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2017
Book Review of Kunal Parker's Making Foreigners: Immigration and Citizenship Law in America, 1600-2000 (Cambridge University Press 2015) for the Law and Politics Book Review. (Available at: http://www.lpbr.net/2016/05/making-foreigners-immigration-and.html) May 2016. (Books and Publications: Book Review) 2016
"The Historical Amnesia of Contemporary Immigration Federalism Debates." Polity 47.3, July: 302-19. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2015
"Lunatics, Idiots, Paupers, and Negro Seamen -- Immigration Federalism and the Early American Republic." Studies in American Political Development 28, October: 107-28. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2014
Review of The Sovereign Citizenship: Denaturalization and the Origins of the American Republic, by Patrick Weil. Law and Politics Book Review, sponsored by the Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science Association. (Books and Publications: Book Review) 2013
"Federal Policy Coordination Over Decentralized Policy." Debates on Immigration, Point and Counterpoint. Eds. Daniel Tichenor and Judith Gans. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: SAGE publications. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2012
Williams, Margaret, and Anna Law. "Understanding Judicial Decision Making in Immigration at the U.S Courts of Appeals." The Justice System Journal 33.1: 97-119. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2012
"From Dissertation to Academic Publication: So Close, Yet So Far." Handbook of Research Methods in Migration. Ed. Carlos Vargas-Silva. United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2011
"How the Internal Adjudicative Procedures of the Ninth Circuit Can Disadvantage Pro Se and Political Asylum Claimants." Georgetown Immigration Law Journal 25: 647-79, Spring. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2011
The Immigration Battle in American Courts. Cambridge University Press. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2010
"In Search of a Methodology and Other Tales From the Academic Crypt." Researching Migration: Stories From the Field. Eds. Sherrie Kossoudji, Louis DeSipop and Manuel Garcia y Griego. New York: Social Science Research Council. Available at: http://www.ssrc.org/publications/view/42451838-264A-DE11-AFAC-001CC477EC70/ (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2007
"The Diversity Immigration Lottery -- A Cycle of Unintended Consequences." Journal of American Ethnic History 21.4: 3-29, Summer. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2002
"Race, Ethnicity, and National Origins in Public Policy -- When Should It Matter?" Georgetown Immigration Law Journal 10: 71-76. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 1996
Creative Work
Expert commentator. The Supreme Court is a four-part documentary produced by PBS and its New York affiliate WNET. It chronologically examines the history and development of the U.S. Supreme Court through the eyes of famous justices and cases. The series features reenactments of key moments in Supreme Court history and interviews with academics, Chief Justice John Roberts and former Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. I appeared as one of the four "core narrators" in on-camera interviews in episodes 1, 2 and 3. The shows aired nationwide on PBS channels on Jan. 31 and Feb. 7, 2007. The series has won numerous awards, including those from the International Documentary Association and the American Bar Foundation's Silver Gavel award, and was favorably reviewed in newspapers across the country. April 2004 - January 2007. 2004
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
National Science Foundation grant #1556551/$79,497 a collaborative project with Co-PI Karen Musalo of UC Hastings School of Law: "How Do U.S. Immigration Courts Decide Gender-Based Asylum Claims?" (Grants and Fellowships) 2020
National Science Foundation grant #1556551 of $79,497, a collaborative project with Co-PI Karen Musalo of UC Hastings College of Law: "How do U.S. Immigration Courts Decide Gender-Based Asylum Claims?" (Grants and Fellowships) 2019
National Science Foundation grant #1556551 of $79,497, a collaborative project with Co-PI Karen Musalo of UC Hastings College of Law: "How do U.S. Immigration Courts Decide Gender-Based Asylum Claims?" (Grants and Fellowships) 2018
National Science Foundation grant #1556551 of $79,497, a collaborative project with Co-PI Karen Musalo of UC Hastings College of Law: "How do U.S. Immigration Courts Decide Gender-Based Asylum Claims?" (Grants and Fellowships) 2017
National Science Foundation grant #1556551 of $79,497, a collaborative project with Co-PI Karen Musalo of UC Hastings College of Law: "How do U.S. Immigration Courts Decide Gender-Based Asylum Claims?" (Grants and Fellowships) 2016
Faculty Fellowship, Wolfe Institute for the Humanities, "Does the Constitution Guarantee Freedom from Government Tyranny and Despotism?" Brooklyn College. (Grants and Fellowships) 2014
Law, Anna and Namita Manohar. PSC-CUNY Faculty Research grant, for "Framing Comprehensive Immigration Reform." PSC-CUNY Grant Award #67152-00 45 (Grants and Fellowships) 2014
ENGAGE award for fostering civic engagement in teaching, DePaul University, 2010. (Awards and Honors) 2010
Faculty Research Fellowship, University Research Council, to support professional copyediting services for book manuscript submission, summer. (Grants and Fellowships) 2008
Faculty Fellowship, Center for Latino Research, DePaul University, for "Latin American Immigration in the U.S. Courts of Appeals" The fellowship grants a two-course teaching release and the assistance of a research assistant. 2007-08. (Grants and Fellowships) 2007
Faculty Research Fellowship, University Research Council, to support conducting interviews with judges at the Courts of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in California, summer. (Awards and Honors) 2007
Competitive Research Leave, University Research Council (DePaul has no sabbatical system, but we are eligible to apply for leave at reduced pay): winter and spring quarters, 2012-13 (declined); fall and winter quarters, 2006-07. (Grants and Fellowships) 2006
Faculty Research Fellowship, University Research Council, to support data collection at Immigration and Naturalization Service Archives in Washington, D.C., summer. (Grants and Fellowships) 2005
Visiting Pre-doctoral Fellowship, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, University of California at San Diego, 2002-03. (Grants and Fellowships) 2002
Social Science Research Council, Committee on International Migration: Minority Pre-Dissertation Fellowship (summer 1997) and Dissertation Fellowship (2002). (Grants and Fellowships) 1997
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
Russell Sage Foundation, ""Who is an immigrant? Challenging the official story of US migration policy history" (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2020
"Challenges of Interdisciplinary Legal Research" The annual conference of the Southern Political Science Association. JW Marriott Hotel, Austin, TX. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2019
Hamilton College, Constitution Day Lecture, " "President Trump, the Constitution, and Immigration" (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2019
Law and Society, Discussant for "Citizenship in the US: New Historical Approaches" (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2019
"American Freedom-Movement, Membership, Slavery, and Immigration" The Constitutional Schmooze conference, University of Maryland Law School, Baltimore, MD. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2018
"How should the Nation of Immigrants reconcile slavery with immigration? "Law and Politics Under Stress conference, University of Oregon School of Law, Portland, OR. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2018
Panelist. "Making research relevant: Doing public facing scholarship" Immigration Law Scholars and Teachers Workshop, Drexel University School of Law. Philadelphia, PA: May 24-26, 2018. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2018
Panelist. "Nationalism and Citizenship", Center for Migration Studies, Policy & Academic Symposium. New York, NY. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2018
Professional development panelist. "Public engagement: Blogging, Tweeting, and Social Media in Higher Education" Midwest Political Science Association, annual conference, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago: April 5-8, 2018. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2018
"Is Slavery Immigration?", Emancipations, Reconstructions, and Revolutions: African American Politics and U.S. History in the Long 19th Century Conference. CUNY Grad Center and the McNeil Center, New York City and Philadelphia. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2017
Round-table organizer and participant. "Professional Development: Networking and Salary/Benefits Negotiation", Midwest Political Science Association, annual conference, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2017
"The Archetype of the American Immigrant", American Political Science Association, Philadelphia Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA: August 31-September 4, 2016.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2016
Invited presentation. SUNY Binghamton ?How slave policy dictated immigration policy? April 22, 2016. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2016
"The Alien and Sedition Laws of 1798 as a Window to 19th Century Immigration Federalism", Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL. April 16-19, 2015. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2015
"When Slavery Determined Immigration Policy?The Politics of 18th Century Immigration Federalism", CUNY Graduate Center, Department of Political Science, March 19, 2015 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2015
"The Constitution on Antebellum Immigration Federalism: It's as Clear as Mud." University of Texas School of Law. Austin, Texas. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2014
"The Federalization of Naturalization Policy." American Political Science Association. Washington, D.C., Aug. 28-31. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2014
"What Does the U.S. Constitution Say About Immigration Federalism?" Social Science History Association. Chicago, Nov. 21-24. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013
"An Assessment of Recent State Immigration Policymaking." Law and Society Association. Honolulu, June 5-8. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2012
"Author Meets Critics Roundtable on Anna Law's The Immigration Battle in American Courts." Midwest Political Science Association Annual Convention. Chicago, March 31 - April 3. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011
"How the Internal Adjudicative Procedures of the Ninth Circuit Can Disadvantage Pro Se and Political Asylum Claimants." Midwest Political Science Association Annual Convention. Chicago, March 31 - April 3. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011
"Pre-Civil Immigration Policy Making by the Colonies and States." American Political Science Association Annual Convention. Seattle, Aug. 31 - Sept. 4. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011
"The Federal Courts' Roles in Immigration Policy." Immigrant Research and Policy Center, University of North Texas. Denton, Texas, March 23. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2011
"The Federal Courts' Roles in Immigration Policy." John G. Tower Center, Southern Methodist University. Dallas, March 24. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2011
"The Federal Courts' Roles in Immigration Policy." Public Policy Institute and Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin. Austin, Texas: March 25. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2011
"Foreign Policy Implications in U.S. Asylum Policy." Heartland International, First Tuesday Lecture Series. Loyola University Law School. Chicago, Nov. 2. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2010
"Immigration Policy Making in the Federal Courts." Social Science History Association Annual Convention. Chicago, Nov. 22-25. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010
"Judicial Triage: The Ninth Circuit and Immigration Appeals." Immigration Law Professors Conference. DePaul University. Chicago, May 24-25. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010
"Policymaking at the Margins: The U.S. Courts of Appeals and Immigration." Juniata College. Merkelsberg, Pa., June. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2010
Panel organizer and chair, "Author Meets Critics: Barry Friedman's 'The Will of the People: How Public Opinion Has Influenced the Court and Shaped the Meaning of the Constitution.'" Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago, April 21-25. (Panel selected to be recorded for an association podcast). (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010
"Back to the Future: Reassessing Immigration and Federalism through Mayor of New York v Miln (1837)." The Wisconsin Constitutional Theory Discussion Group, aka "The Constitutional Schmooze" University of Wisconsin School of Law. Madison, Wis., Oct. 2-3. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009
"Interstitial Policy Making in the U.S. Courts of Appeals." American Political Science Association. Toronto, Sept. 2-6. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009
Law, Anna and Margaret Williams. "Understanding Judicial Decision Making in Immigration Cases at the U.S. Courts of Appeals." Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago, April 1-4. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009
"Institutional Growth and Innovation: The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and Immigration." Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago, April 3-6. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008
"Rationing Justice? The Federal Courts and Immigration Appeals." (In fulfillment of Center of Latino Research Faculty Fellowship) Chicago, June 3. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008
"Teaching Immigration" roundtable. Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago, April 3-6. (This panel was selected by the association to be recorded for a podcast.) (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2008
"Topics in Federal Immigration Policy" panel. Annual convention of Alpha Gamma Ro, an agricultural professional fraternity. Chicago, Aug. 9. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008
"Due Process as a Point of 'Deep Equilibrium' in Institutional Development." American Political Science Association. Chicago, Aug. 29 - Sept. 1. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007
"The Immigration Battle in American Courts." Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago, April 11-15. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007
"Marching to Different Drummers, the Supreme Court, U.S Courts of Appeals, and Immigration." Southern Political Science Association. Atlanta, Jan. 5-8. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006
"The Supreme Court, U.S. Courts of Appeals, and Immigration Cases: A Case Study of Segmented Institutional Development." American Political Science Association. Washington, D.C., Aug. 31 - Sept. 4. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2005
"Cracks in the National Consensus -- The Effect of Institutional Norms on Judicial Behavior." Social Science Research Council, International Migration Fellows Conference. Pacific Grove, Calif., Jan. 7-11. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2004
"Determining Legal Outcomes in U.S. Immigration Cases -- Choosing Themes of Legal Reasoning and Their Consequences." Law and Society Association. Chicago, May 27-30. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2004
"Legal Inequality in U.S. Immigration Policy and Law." Northwestern University Undergraduate Lecture Series on Race, Poverty and Inequality. Evanston, Ill., May 19. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2004
"The Least Dangerous Branch? But Which Branch? -- Institutional Norms and Judicial Behavior in American Immigration Law." American Political Science Association. Chicago, Sept. 2-5. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2004
"Interdisciplinary Approaches to Studying Immigration." Social Science Research Council Summer Migration Institute. San Diego, June 18-24. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2003
"The Effect of Rules, Norms, and Arrangements on Judicial Behavior in Immigration Law." American Political Science Association. Philadelphia, Aug. 27-31. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2003
Professional Leadership
Elected to the Executive Board of the Immigration and Ethnic History Society, an organized section of the Organization of American Historians. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2020
Member of the editorial board of the Justice System Journal. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2020
"Colonial Era Migration Policies" Presented at the CUNY Early American Republic Seminar. CUNY Grad Center. (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2019
Ad hoc reviewer. National Science Foundation. Law and Social Sciences Division. (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2019
Editorial Board. Justice System Journal. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2019
Invited guest lecture. Putterman Lecture for Constitution Day, "A Nation of Immigrants No More? Trump's Immigration Policy, and The Constitution", Bucknell University, Lewistown, PA, (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2018
Invited guest lecture: Constitution Day Speaker: "Are Trump's Actions Constitutional? Immigration, Judicial Independence, and Democratic Institutions." SUNY Fredonia, Sept. 18, 2017. (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2017
Oped. "The Irish Roots of the Diversity Visa Lottery", Politico Magazine, November 1, 2017. https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/01/diversity-visa-irish-history-215776 (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2017
Discussant. "Subnational Immigration Policy-making" American Political Science Association, Philadelphia Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA: August 31-September 4, 2016. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2016
Discussant, "Panel on Immigration and Race." American Political Science Association annual convention. Washington, D.C., Aug. 28-31. (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2014
Faculty Council representative, Department of Political Science. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2014
Member, Award Committee, Franklin L. Burdett / Pi Sigma Alpha paper prize, American Political Science Association. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2014
Reviewer, Economics and Political Science Section of PSC-CUNY faculty research grants. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2014
Section chair, Law and Jurisprudence Section, American Political Science Association Annual Convention Program Committee. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2014
Chair, Events Committee, Political Science Department. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2013
Elected to a three-year term on the executive board of the Law and Courts Section, American Political Science Association. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2013
Faculty Council representative, Department of Political Science. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2013
Member, American Institutions Job Search Committee, Department of Political Science, 2012-13. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2013
Member, Belle Zeller Visiting Professorship Committee, Department of Political Science, 2012-13. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2013
Member, Co-chair Curriculum Committee, Department of Political Science, 2012-13. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2013
Pre-law adviser, Department of Political Science, 2012-13. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2013
Chair, Prize Committee, American Political Science Association, Law and Courts Section, Best Conference Paper Presented in calendar year 2012. 2012-13. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2012
External reviewer, Journal of Law and Courts. (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2012
Member, Prize Committee, American Political Science Association, Federalism Section, Martha Derthick Book Prize Committee. The prize awarded for the best book on federalism published in the last 10 years. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2012
External reviewer, American Journal of Political Science, 2010-11. (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2011
External reviewer, American Politics Review, 2010-11. (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2011
External reviewer, Justice System Journal. (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2011
External reviewer, International Migration Review. (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2010
Faculty instructor. Law and Society Association pre-conference programming for graduate students preceding the annual convention. Workshops taught: "Arizona as a Microcosm of National Immigration Debates," "Dissertation Feedback for Students Writing Migration Dissertations" and "The Social Science Job Market." Chicago, May 24-26. (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2010
Member, Advisory Panel, National Science Foundation, Law and Social Science Division. (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2010
Section chair, Law and Jurisprudence, Midwest Political Science Association. Congressional staff briefing. "An Assessment of the Effect of Caseload Pressures on the U.S. Courts of Appeals." (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2010
United States Senate Judiciary Committee, Washington D.C., Sept. 1. (A research presentation to the senior legislative counsels to the members of the Senate Judiciary Committee that draft immigration and court reform legislation) (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2010
External reviewer, Sociological Forum. (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2009
External reviewer, Journal of Politics. (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2008
External reviewer, Legislative Studies Quarterly. (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2008
External reviewer, American Politics Review. (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2007
Research assistant for Dr. Daniel J. Tichenor. Researched President Lyndon B. Johnson and his staff's roles in immigration issues for Tichenor's book Dividing Lines: The Politics of Immigration Control in America (Princeton University Press, 2002). Utilized historical documents and audiotapes in the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library Archive to trace legislative history and action surrounding the passage of the landmark Immigration Act of 1965. (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 1997
Pedagogical Achievements
"Roundtable on the Teaching of American Constitutionalism" panel. Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago, April 12-15. 2012
Supervision of undergraduate research assistants: Supervised five students for a total of 11 quarters. Taught the students the logic of inference, how to create a random sample of legal opinion from Lexis/Nexis, how to code the legal opinions for various information (e.g., sex and country of origin of the alien, name of the judges), and how to summarize the data in narrative form after looking for patterns in the results. The students were either paid through a DePaul Undergraduate Research Assistant grant or received academic credit for experiential learning for the work. 2003
Community Activities
Media calls/interviews with: Q Roll Call, HowStuffWorks, PIX11, NowThis, AP, NPR: Morning Edition 2019
Media calls/interviews with: The Atlantic, Politifact, Reuters, Financial Times, The Daily Show (fact checking), The History Channel, The New York Times, Craig Melvin show (MSNBC), Politico, National Public Radio/All Things Considered, BillMoyers.org, Brian Leher TV Show 2018
Oped. "This is How Trump's Deportation Statistics Differ from Obama's", The Washington Post, Monkey Cage Blog, May 3, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/05/03/this-is-how-trumps-deportations-differ-from-obamas/?utm_term=.84f26f5d2147 2017
Invited guest lecturer. Constitution Day Speaker. "Does the Constitution Trump a Wall and Mass Deportation" Clark University, Worcester, MA: September 14, 2016. 2016
External grant reviewer, U.S. Department of Homeland Security: Science and Technology Directorate, (2007) White Paper Review for Border Studies Center Project. Reviewed seven white paper proposals from university teams that proposed designs and components for a Border Studies Center. The proposals were competing for a $3 million renewable grand for such a center that would combine the study of new technologies to address national security concerns with the furthering of scholars' and policy makers' understanding of migration patterns and incentives. 2007
Other Professional Activities
"Is Trump Admitting Defeat with His New Visa Rules?" The Washington Post Monkey Cage blog, January 28, 2020, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/01/28/is-trump-admitting-defeat-with-his-new-us-visa-rules/ 2020
Chair. "Shaping the National with the Local: New Perspectives on State-Federal Relations in American Immigration History" Organization of American Historians Annual Convention. Omni Hotel, Providence, RI. April 7-10, 2016 2016
Discussant and chair, "Immigration and Constitutionalism." Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago, April 12-15. 2012
Discussant, CUNY Graduate Center Migration Speaker Series. Commented on Lina Newton and Monica Versanyi's papers on immigration federalism. New York, Oct. 7. 2012
Leader, Faculty Reading Group, Wolfe Institute, Brooklyn College. Over four meetings in fall semester. The group read and discussed Sanford Levinson's Our Undemocratic Constitution (Oxford, 2008). 2012
Chair, "Immigration Politics in States and Cities." American Political Science Association Annual Convention. Seattle, Aug. 31 - Sept. 4. 2011
Discussant, "Issues, Actors, and Rules in the U.S. Courts of Appeals." Midwest Political Science Association Annual Convention. Chicago, March 31 - April 3. 2011
Invited lecture / Constitution Day speaker, "The Federal Courts' Roles in Immigration Policy" (in the Political Science Department) and panelist on immigration and the U.S. Constitution (at the law school). Texas Tech University. Lubbock, Texas, Sept. 11-12. 2011
Discussant, "Border Crossings: Immigration and Emigration Politics in Comparative Perspective." American Political Science Association Annual Convention. Washington, D.C., Sept. 1-5. 2010
"The Constitution in Time of War" panel chair. Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago, April 7-10. 2005
"Author Meets Critics Roundtable on Desmond King's 'Making Americans: Immigration, Race, and the Origins of the Diverse Democracy'" roundtable. American Political Science Association. Washington D.C., Aug. 30 - Sept. 2. 2000
Naturalization Project volunteer, Spanish Catholic Center and Washington Lawyers' Committee for Human Rights, Washington, D.C., 1995-96. 1995
Program analyst, United States Commission on Immigration Reform, Washington, D.C., 1994-96. Researched and analyzed policy issues in support of the work of the blue ribbon, bipartisan congressional commission. The "Jordan Commission" (named after Chair Barbara Jordan) was charged with making policy recommendations to Congress and the White House on legal, illegal and temporary immigration. 1994
Immigration paralegal, Law Offices of Alan W.C. Ma, Honolulu, 1993-94. 1993
Summer legislative intern, Office of Senator Daniel K. Inouye, United States Senate, Washington, D.C., summer. Assisted with constituent casework and responded to constituent correspondence for the senator. 1991
