Danielle Allen
American classicist and political scientist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
Danielle Allen | |
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Born | (1971-11-03) November 3, 1971 (age 52) Takoma Park, Maryland, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Parent | William B. Allen (father) |
Awards | Kluge Prize (2020) Francis Parkman Prize (2015) |
Academic background | |
Education | Princeton University (BA) King's College, Cambridge (MPhil, PhD) Harvard University (MA, PhD) |
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Academic work | |
Discipline | Classics Political science |
Institutions | University of Chicago Institute for Advanced Study 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]