Danielle Allen

Danielle Allen
Allen in 2017
Born (1971-11-03) November 3, 1971 (age 52)
Takoma Park, Maryland, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
ParentWilliam B. Allen (father)
AwardsKluge Prize (2020)
Francis Parkman Prize (2015)
Academic background
EducationPrinceton University (BA)
King's College, Cambridge (MPhil, PhD)
Harvard University (MA, PhD)
Theses
Academic work
DisciplineClassics
Political science
InstitutionsUniversity of Chicago
Institute for Advanced Study
Harvard University

Danielle Susan Allen (born November 3, 1971) is an American classicist and political scientist. She is the James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University.[1][2] She is also the former Director of the Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University.

Prior to joining the faculty at Harvard in 2015, Allen was UPS Foundation Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.[3][4] Allen is the daughter of political scientist William B. Allen.[5]

Allen was a contributing columnist at The Washington Post until she announced in December 2020 that she was exploring a run for Governor of Massachusetts in 2022.[6][7][8] She formally announced her campaign for the Democratic Party nomination in June 2021, but then dropped out of the race in February 2022.[9][10]

  1. ^ "University Professorships | Harvard University". Harvard University. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
  2. ^ Steinbock, Anna (November 14, 2016). "Danielle Allen named University Professor". The Harvard Gazette. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
  3. ^ "Allen Bio". IAS.edu. December 9, 2019.
  4. ^ "Press release". IAS.edu. March 21, 1987. Archived from the original on August 8, 2018. Retrieved April 17, 2010.
  5. ^ Ramesh, Randeep (April 30, 2013). "Danielle Allen: Equity not equality". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
  6. ^ "Danielle Allen". Washington Post. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  7. ^ "Why I'm exploring a run for governor of Massachusetts". Washington Post. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
  8. ^ "Danielle Allen, leader at Harvard, exploring run for governor of Massachusetts". Boston Globe. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
  9. ^ "Danielle Allen, A Harvard Ethicist, Launches Historic Bid For Governor". WBUR. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
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