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Dr. John Robins

Adjunct Faculty
john.robbins@bostonislamicseminary.org
60 Willow Street Chelsea, MA 02150

Education

  • Ph.D., English Language and Literature, Cornell University
  • B.A., English Literature, Swarthmore College

Dr. John Robins

Adjunct Faculty

Biography

Dr. John Robbins is a dedicated and experienced community organizer, nonprofit leader, and public intellectual. He holds a Ph.D. in English and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Tufts University.

A dedicated educator, he has taught algebra to high-risk youth at a public high school in Maryland, English to refugee and orphan children in Turkey, and literature at Cornell and Tufts Universities. His writings have appeared in numerous outlets including Fortune, Time, Muslim Matters, the Hill, the Jewish Journal, the Boston Globe, and the Boston Herald, and he is a regular contributor to the Huffington Post.

Dr. Robbins sits on the board of directors of Cooperative Metropolitan Ministries, the greater Boston area’s oldest interfaith social justice network. Dr. Robbins currently serves as the Executive Director of CAIR-MA.

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