Frank S. Alexander

Professor of Law

Frank S. Alexander received his undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina, where he was a Morehead Scholar, and he earned both a law degree and a Master of Theological Studies degree from Harvard University.

Professor Alexander is the director of the Project on Affordable Housing and Community Development and founding director of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion. He is the author or editor of eight books and more than 40 articles in real estate finance, community development and law and theology, including Georgia Real Estate Finance and Foreclosure Law (5th edition, 2009), Land Bank Authorities (2005) and (with John Witte) Christianity and Law: An Introduction (2008), The Teachings of Modern Christianity on Law, Politics and Human Nature (2006) and The Weightier Matters of the Law: Essays on Law and Religion (1988). Professor Alexander served as a Fellow of The Carter Center of Emory University (1993-1996), Commissioner of the State Housing Trust Fund for the Homeless (1994-1998), Interim Dean of Emory School of Law (2005-2006), and as Visiting Fellow at the Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University (2007). He also has testified before Congress concerning the mortgage foreclosure crisis (2008).

Professor Alexander teaches Property, Real Estate Finance, State and Local Government Law, Law and Theology and Federal Housing Policies. He received the Student Bar Association Outstanding Professor Award (2004), the Ben F. Johnson Award for Excellence in Teaching (1998), the Emory Williams Award for Distinguished Teaching in Professional Education (1991), Black Law Student Association Award for Professor of the Year (1999-2000) and the Student Bar Association Award as the Professor Who Best Exemplifies the Ideals of the Legal Profession (on eight occasions).

Education: BA, University of North Carolina, 1973; JD and MTS, Harvard University, 1978.