Betsy Cooper, the author of over twenty manuscripts and articles on US and European immigration and refugee policy, completed her doctorate on the comparative impact of terrorism on immigrant integration policies in mid 2009. Currently a consultant for Atlantic Philanthropies (Dublin, Ireland), her previous work experience includes the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit in London, the World Bank (Eastern Europe and Central Asia division), the Migration Policy Institute (Washington, DC), the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (Oxford, UK), and Oxford Analytica. Betsy holds a DPhil in Politics from Oxford University, an M.Sc. in Forced Migration from Oxford University, and a B.A. in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University. Currently at Yale Law School, Betsy is a lead editor for the Yale Law and Policy Review and does legal casework for the Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project. She has Hill experience with Senators Hillary Clinton and Edward Kennedy on appropriations policy and immigration casework, and is a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar (2005), Truman Scholar (2003), and US Presidential Scholar (2000).