[6] Fluent in French, Italian and German, Alter has conducted research throughout Europe, Africa and Latin America.
[9] Alter is a permanent visiting professor at the University of Copenhagen Faculty of Law, where she participates in the iCourts Center of Excellence,[10] and she is a frequent co-author with Laurence Helfer.
[12] She attended Cornell University, where she graduated magna cum laude, with distinction in all subjects, and worked with Peter J.
[6] Alter received her doctorate in political science at MIT (1996), where she worked with Suzanne Berger and Anne-Marie Slaughter.
Her commentary has appeared in the Boston Globe,[14] CNN,[15] U.S. News & World Report,[16] the Chicago Tribune,[17] and the Huffington Post.