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Kenni Zellner

Drinan Visiting Assistant Professor

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Ken-Terika "Kenni" Zellner currently serves as Boston College's Drinan Visiting Assistant Professor. Her research focuses on civil procedure and jurisprudence. She is also a moral and political philosopher who specializes in classical liberalism and the philosophy of Immanuel Kant. 

At present, Zellner is working on research projects that question the normative assumptions underlying the history and present of our civil procedural institutions, with particular attention paid to personal jurisdiction and default judgments. In the past, Zellner's research has focused on the role of judgment and the courts in Kant's political philosophy. 

Before joining the faculty at Boston College Law School, Zellner received a J.D. and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Northwestern University. Zellner also received her Bachelor's degree in Philosophy and Legal Studies from Northwestern University. 

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