Fellow Story

Alumni Profile: Elayne (Allen) Schwalbach

Alumni Profile: Elayne (Allen) Schwalbach

In a world where people are apparently more connected, why do so many people feel so lonely and adrift? Elayne (Allen) Schwalbach, editor for Public Discourse, discusses what she thinks attributes to this phenomenon and how her experience as a John Jay Fellow taught her the importance of building a community around shared values in an environment of true leisure.