Sickness and Health in the Body Politic

Allison K. Ralph, Ph.D.

About the Author

Allison K. Ralph, Ph.D., is the Founder & Principal of Cohesion Strategy. A thought leader in religious pluralism and social cohesion, Allison brings 20 years’ experience in strategy, research, and nonprofit and philanthropic leadership. She previously worked at The Aspen Institute Religion & Society Program, where she served as Assistant, Associate, and Interim Director of the program and Director of its Religion and Philanthropy Initiative.

She also managed events at the El-Hibri Foundation and The Catholic University of America. During her five-year tenure at Aspen, Allison edited Pluralism in Peril: Challenges to an American Ideal, developed a seven-component framework to understand the system of religious pluralism, published both academic and industry papers on religion and philanthropy, and contributed to a special journal issue on Religious Literacy in Education. She has spoken from the mainstage at the International Religious Freedom Summit and the El-Hibri Foundation Peace Awards Ceremony, and has given talks at Upswell, United Philanthropy Forum, and the American Academy of Religion.

Allison has a Ph.D. in church history from The Catholic University of America, and an M.Phil. from Cambridge University. Her graduate research focused on how societies manage or fail to manage their internal diversity, and how they create and maintain social boundaries.

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