Dayan saw a variety of practices that have increasingly and systematically denied incarcerated individuals rights and activities that define, sustain and rehabilitate their humanity. Dayan examines these trends through the language of the law, including case findings and the administrative procedures correctional facilities use to interpret the law. Other areas of Dayan's scholarship include American Studies, comparative Caribbean cultural history, and Religion. She holds a B.A. from Smith College and a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the City University Graduate Center. The Program in Law and Public Affairs is a joint venture of Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School, University Center for Human Values, and Politics Department.
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