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Alice Hearst attended the University of Washington law school, and practiced law for six years prior to returning to Cornell University, from which she obtained a PhD in Government. She teaches courses in public law, and her research focuses on state regulation of the family. She is currently working on a manuscript exploring issues of cultural identity for children subject to transracial/transnational adoption and foster care, tentatively entitled "Children and the Politics of Belonging."

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