Anita L. Allen

Anita Allen is an expert on privacy law, the philosophy of privacy, bioethics, and contemporary values and is recognized for scholarship about legal philosophy, women’s rights, and race relations. Professor Allen has published five books and more than 100 scholarly articles, book chapters, and essays; contributed to popular magazines, newspapers, and blogs; frequently appears on nationally broadcast television and radio programs; and is active as a member of editorial, advisory, and charity boards and in professional organizations related to her expertise in law, philosophy, and health care. In 2010, she was appointed by President Obama to the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. The first African American woman to hold both a doctorate in philosophy and a law degree, she is a graduate of Harvard Law School and received her doctorate in philosophy from the University of Michigan.