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Nomi Claire Lazar is a Full Professor at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs. Specializing in political ethics, crisis government, comparative constitutionalism, and political legitimacy, she teaches courses on human rights, moral reasoning, and criminal law policy. An Ottawa native and a University of Ottawa professor since 2009, Lazar has served as the Director of the Program in Conflict Studies and Human Rights and as Associate Dean at Yale-NUS College. She has published two monographs: 'States of Emergency in Liberal Democracies' and 'Joint: Power, Crisis, Rhetoric, and Time'. Her work examines how constructions of temporality can help leaders legitimize their power during crises. Actively involved in civil society, Lazar served on the Justice Paul Rouleau Research Council for the Public Order Emergency Commission, investigating the Convoy Crisis. She has contributed to prisoners' rights advocacy and provided expertise to various media outlets, including BBC and CBC. Lazar's academic training includes interdisciplinary studies in political science, philosophy, and legal theory, with degrees from Yale University, University College London, and the University of Toronto.
Department of History