Dr Alexandra Délano Alonso is a faculty member and assistant professor at The New School University, New York. Her research interests are mainly in the fields of politics and international relations, with a focus on international migration, Mexico-US migration policies, diaspora engagement, Latin American politics, and regionalism in the Americas. She obtained her DPhil in International Relations at Oxford University in 2008. Her dissertation, 'Sending states' emigration policies in a bilateral context: Mexico's transition from limited to active engagement (1982-2006)', looks at the historical development of Mexico’s emigration policies in relation to domestic, transnational and international factors. At The New School she teaches the courses 'Immigration Politics in the US', 'Borders, Migrants and States', 'Democracy, Security and Migration in the Americas', 'Governing the Global' and 'Global Migration'. She also teaches an online course on 'Mexican Communities Abroad' for the Instituto Matías Romero.