**Robert Koulish**

Robert Koulish, Professor. Robert Koulish, Ph.D., is a Research Professor and Director of MLaw Programs, administered through the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences (BSOS) at the University of Maryland. Koulish is also a Lecturer of Law at the UMD Carey School of Law in Baltimore, where he teaches a seminar in immigration law and policy. Dr. Koulish is a co-author of the forthcoming book, Detaining Immigrants, Scoring Criminals, and has several books, including Crimmigrant Nations: Resurgent Nationalism and the Closing of Borders (Fordham University Press, 2020), with Maartje van der Woude, and he authored Immigration and American Democracy, Subverting the Rule of Law (Routledge Press, 2010). He was co-editor, with Maria Joao Guia, and Valsamis Mitsilegas for Immigration Detention, Risk and Human Rights: Studies on Immigration and Crime, by Springer, in 2016. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed academic articles, law review articles, book chapters, and op-ed columns, and is a founding member of CINETS (Crimmigration Control International Net of Studies; http://www.crimmigrationcontrol.com), a growing network of critical immigration law scholars, which hosts bi-annual international conferences, book volumes, and research collaborations.
