David Coolidge

R. David Coolidge

R. David Coolidge received a BA with honors in Religious Studies from Brown University in 2001.  In 2002, he entered the doctoral program in Religion at Princeton University, focusing on Islamic Studies. He was also previously an Adjunct Instructor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at St. Francis College in Brooklyn, NY. In addition to his academic work, he has studied Islam with Muslim scholars (‘ulama) in a variety of settings, such as a year spent studying Qur’anic memorization (hifdh) and recitation (tajwid) full-time at the Institute of Islamic Education in Elgin, IL (2004-2005). He wrote articles published in periodicals such as Islamic Horizons, Illume Magazine, and Islamica, and lectures at mosques, universities, and high schools throughout the East Coast and the Midwest. Married in 2004, he and his wife currently live in Cambridge, MA, where she attends Harvard Business School.