David Coolidge

R. David Coolidge

R. David Coolidge is the Muslim Advisor at Dartmouth College, a position he has held since January 2008. He received a BA from Brown Univerity in 2001 and an MA from Princeton in 2008, with a focus 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 with Muslim scholars ('ulama) in a variety of settings. He has written articles on the adaptation of Islamic teachings to the American context for a number of publications, as well as given lectures on similar subjects at various universities and mosques. He lives in Cambridge, MA, and commutes to Hanover to fulfill his responsibilties as Muslim Advisor.