Anita Allen

Anita L. Allen, JD, PhD, MA, is a distinguished scholar in privacy law, bioethics, and contemporary values, renowned for her work in tort law, legal philosophy, women's rights, and race relations. She holds a JD from Harvard Law School and a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Michigan. At the University of Pennsylvania, she serves as the Vice Provost for Faculty and the Henry R. Silverman Professor of Law and Philosophy. In 2010, she was appointed by President Obama to the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. Allen has authored several influential books, including Unpopular Privacy: What Must We Hide (Oxford, 2011) and Privacy Law and Society (Thomson/West, 2011), and has published over a hundred scholarly articles along with contributions to popular media. She is a frequent guest on national television and radio programs, and has served on various editorial and advisory boards, as well as the boards of numerous nonprofits, including the Hastings Center and EPIC, where she received a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014.