Danielle S. Allen

Danielle S. Allen
UPS Foundation
Professor
School of Social
Science

Widely known for her work on justice and citizenship in ancient Athens and its application to modern America, Danielle Allen is the author of The World of Prometheus: The Politics of Punishing in Democratic Athens (2000) and Talking to Strangers: Anxieties of Citizenship Since Brown vs. the Board of Education (2004).  In 2002 she was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship for her ability to combine "the classicist's careful attention to texts and language with the political theorist's sophisticated and informed engagement." Allen's plans for future work include a theoretical study of politics and change; an historical study of Platonic political thought; an examination of the concept of equality; and a theoretical study of democracy, knowledge and higher education.

Ph.D., Classics, Cambridge University, 1996; Ph.D., Government, Harvard University, 2001; Assistant Professor, Classics, University of Chicago, 1997–2000; Associate Professor of Classical Languages and Literatures, Political Science and the Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago, 2000–03; Professor of Classical Languages and Literatures, Political Science and the Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago, 2003–07; Dean, Division of Humanities, University of Chicago, 2004–07; Institute for Advanced Study, UPS Foundation Professor, 2007–; MacArthur Fellowship, 2002.