Danielle ALlen
political theorist
Marshall Scholar, Class of 1993 (Cambridge University)
“We can do it, we’re can-do America. It’s just a matter of where we set our ambition.”
-Danielle allen
COMBATING COVID-19
Danielle Allen is a political theorist who has published in democratic theory, political sociology, and the history of political thought. She has published widely on justice, government and citizenship, both in ancient Athens and modern America. She is the Director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University and a principal investigator for the Democratic Knowledge Project. Allen convened the COVID-19 Response Initiative, a bipartisan group of experts in economics, public health, technology and ethics from across the country, and released the nation’s first comprehensive operational roadmap for mobilizing and reopening the U.S. economy in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis.