Associate Professor, Pre-Law Advisor

Office: Ford Hall Rm 102
Phone: (502) 852-3310
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Jasmine Farrier grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and developed her interest in political science as an undergraduate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In graduate school, she studied American political development at the University of Texas at Austin and received her Ph.D. in 2000. She was a post-doctoral fellow with the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia from 2000-2001. In 2002, Farrier joined the Dept. of Political Science at the University of Louisville as an assistant professor. She was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2007. 

Research Interests

• Congressional delegation of domestic and foreign policy power

• Separation of powers conflicts and development

• Constitutional law related to these issues

Selected Publications

• CONGRESSIONAL AMBIVALENCE: The Political Burdens of Constitutional Authority (University Press of Kentucky, 2010) http://www.kentuckypress.com/viewbook.cfm?ID=1626&Group=1 
• "Budget Power, Constitutional Conflicts, and the National Interest," in The Constitutional Presidency, edited by Joseph M. Bessette and Jeffrey K. Tulis (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009) http://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/ecom/MasterServlet/GetItemDetailsHandler?iN=9780801892967&qty=1&viewMode=1&loggedIN=false
• "All Politics is Still Local: McConnell vs. Lunsford in Kentucky’s Senate Race," in Cases in Congressional Campaigns: Incumbents Playing Defense, Edited by Randall E. Adkins, David A. Dulio (Routledge, 2009) http://www.routledgepolitics.com/books/Cases-in-Congressional-Campaigns-isbn9780415873888
• PASSING THE BUCK: Congress, the Budget, and Deficits (University Press of Kentucky, 2004) http://www.kentuckypress.com/viewbook.cfm?ID=1150&Group=55

Selected Honors and Awards

• Faculty Favorite, University of Louisville, 2005-2008
• Instructional Development Award, Kentuckiana Metroversity, 2007     
• Honorary Kentucky Colonel, Commonwealth of Kentucky, 2006
• Victor A. Olorunsola Endowed Research Award for Young Scholars, U of L, 2004

Courses Taught at U of L

POLS 201  Fundamentals of American Government
POLS 299  Introduction to Political Science (Honors)    
POLS 311  American Presidency         
POLS 317  American Congress     
POLS 322  American Parties and Elections    
POLS 625  Public Administration and Organizational Theory   
POLS 629  Seminar in American Politics