Allan Hazlett's main areas of research is epistemology, with an emphasis on the social and political aspects of intellectual virtue.
Hazlett studied philosophy at Brown University, earning his doctorate in 2006. Since then he has worked for Texas Tech University, Fordham University, Dartmouth College, the University of Edinburgh, and the University of New Mexico. He is the author of two books: A Luxury of the Understanding: On the Value of True Belief (Oxford University Press, 2013) and A Critical Introduction to Skepticism (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014).