Professor Failer's interests lay at the intersection of public law, political philosophy, and ethics and public policy. Her dissertation explored the problem of
specifying who qualifies for which rights by examining the
practice of civil commitment of the homeless mentally ill.
She aims to propose a more adequate justification of why
people qualify for rights and full citizenship. Professor
Failer has presented her research related to homelessness and
rights-talk at the New York University School of Law and at
annual meetings of the American Political Science Association. In addition, she has co-authored an article in Educational Policy on the failure of political efforts to desegregate the public schools in Yonkers, New York. Professor Failer teaches courses on constitutional interpretation, the politics of civil liberties, ethics and public policy, and jurisprudence.
Professor Failer is an assistant professor in Political Science and American Studies.
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