in classics and English from Haverford College, and a Ph.D. in comparative literature from the University of Chicago.
[citation needed] He went back to earn an M.B.A. from the Wharton School in 2000, at which time he left academia for the business world.
Allen's research focuses on management, human resources, and culture, history, and sexuality.
[2] Allen has published articles in the McKinsey Quarterly,[3] the MIT-Sloan Management Review,[4] the New York Times, and numerous other publications.
In 2007, Allen donated his collection of safe sex pamphlets to the Fales Library at NYU.