Jasmine Farrier

• Professor of Political Science, University of Louisville

Jasmine Farrier is a professor of Political Science at the University of Louisville and directs the UofL-Frankfort Legislative Internship Program. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (BA, Political Science) and University of Texas at Austin (PhD, Government). Before joining the UofL faculty, Farrier was a fellow with the Miller Center at the University of Virginia.

Prof. Farrier's research and teaching span all three branches of the US government, with a focus on separation of powers development, institutional reform, constitutional conflicts, and congressional delegation of power. Specific areas of interest include budget processes, war powers, post-9/11 policies (domestic and foreign), base closing commissions, executive orders, and litigation related to these topics. Farrier's third book, Constitutional Dysfunction on Trial: Congressional Lawsuits and the Separation of Powers was published by Cornell University Press and featured in a critical dialogue with Sarah Burns in Perspectives on Politics. Her previous books are Congressional Ambivalence: the Political Burdens of Constitutional Authority (2010) and Passing the Buck: Congress, the Budget, and Deficits (2004), both with the University Press of Kentucky.

Farrier currently serves on the editorial boards of Congress & the Presidency and Presidential Studies Quarterly.

Prof. Farrier previously served the university in several leadership roles. In 2025, she won the Trustees Award, the highest UofL teaching honor.

• 2002–2026 Professor of Political Science, University of Louisville

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