Cynthia Alkon – VISS24
Law Professor and Director, Criminal Law, Justice & Policy Program, Texas A&M University
Cynthia Alkon is a Law Professor and the Director of the Criminal Law, Justice & Policy Program at Texas A&M University School of Law in Fort Worth, Texas. Professor Alkon is a Senior Fellow and Steering Committee Member of the Council on Countering Hybrid Warfare. Professor Alkon has published articles about hybrid warfare, comparative criminal procedure and dispute resolution in the criminal context, with a focus on plea bargaining. In addition, with Professor Andrea Schneider, she published the book, NEGOTIATING CRIME: PLEA BARGAINING, PROBLEM SOLVING, AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN THE CRIMINAL CONTEXT. In 2024, Professor Alkon taught an innovative new class at Texas A&M University on Conflict Management and Hybrid Warfare. In addition, she teaches Criminal Law, Advanced Criminal Procedure, Dispute Resolution Survey, and Negotiation.
Before joining academia, Professor Alkon was a deputy public defender in Los Angeles County. Professor Alkon then joined the American Bar Association Central and East European Law Initiative working as a Rule of Law Liaison in Belarus for two years (1998-2000). After Belarus Professor Alkon was the head of the legal department for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Albania. From 2002-2006 Professor Alkon was the Head of the Rule of Law Unit for the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR). In that position Professor Alkon supervised the OSCE/ODIHR Rule of Law Unit’s criminal legal reform assistance projects in Central Asia, the Caucasus and Eastern Europe.
Cynthia Alkon is a Law Professor and the Director of the Criminal Law, Justice & Policy Program at Texas A&M University School of Law in Fort Worth, Texas. Professor Alkon is a Senior Fellow and Steering Committee Member of the Council on Countering Hybrid Warfare. Professor Alkon has published articles about hybrid warfare, comparative criminal procedure and dispute resolution in the criminal context, with a focus on plea bargaining. In addition, with Professor Andrea Schneider, she published the book, NEGOTIATING CRIME: PLEA BARGAINING, PROBLEM SOLVING, AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN THE CRIMINAL CONTEXT. In 2024, Professor Alkon taught an innovative new class at Texas A&M University on Conflict Management and Hybrid Warfare. In addition, she teaches Criminal Law, Advanced Criminal Procedure, Dispute Resolution Survey, and Negotiation.
Before joining academia, Professor Alkon was a deputy public defender in Los Angeles County. Professor Alkon then joined the American Bar Association Central and East European Law Initiative working as a Rule of Law Liaison in Belarus for two years (1998-2000). After Belarus Professor Alkon was the head of the legal department for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Albania. From 2002-2006 Professor Alkon was the Head of the Rule of Law Unit for the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR). In that position Professor Alkon supervised the OSCE/ODIHR Rule of Law Unit’s criminal legal reform assistance projects in Central Asia, the Caucasus and Eastern Europe.
