T. Alexander Aleinikoff

T. Alexander Aleinikoff is Dean of the Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, USA, since 2004. Aleinikoff received a bachelor's degree from Swarthmore College, and a J.D. (law degree) from Yale Law School in 1977.

Aleinikoff specializes in immigration policy, and has written a number of books on the topic. He has been a Senior Associate at the Migration Policy Institute, Executive Associate Commissioner of Programs, Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) within the U.S. Department of Justice (note that INS is now part of the Department of Homeland Security), and General Counsel of the INS.

elected books

* "Migration and International Legal Norms" (T. Alexander Aleinikoff & Vincent Chetail eds., The Hague: T.M.C. Asser 2003).
* "Immigration and Citizenship: Process and Policy" (with David A. Martin and Hiroshi Motomura) (West Group 5th ed. forthcoming 2003).
* "Migration and International Law", ed. (Associated Press, forthcoming 2003).
* "Semblances of Sovereignty: The Constitution, the State, and American Citizenship" (Harvard U. Press 2002).

elected journal articles

* "Detaining Plenary Power: The Meaning and Impact of Zadvydas v. Davis," 16 "Geo. Immigr. L.J." 365 (2002).
* "Securing Tribal Sovereignty: A Theory for Overturning Lone Wolf," 38 "Tulsa L. Rev." 57 (2002).
* "American Citizenship: An Introduction," 5 "Citizenship Stud." 5 (2001).
* "Citizenship Talk: A Revisionist Narrative," 69 "Fordham L. Rev." 1689 (2001).
* "Between National and Post-National: Membership in the United States," 4 "Mich. J. Race & L." 241 (1999).
* With Rubén Rumbaut, "Terms of Belonging: Are Models of Membership Self-fulfilling Prophecies?," 13 "Geo. Immig. L.J." 1 (1998).


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