John Voll

John Voll is Professor of Islamic History and Associate Director of the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University. From 1965-1995 Voll taught and researched at the University of New Hampshire. He has lived in Cairo, Beirut, and Sudan and has traveled widely in the Muslim world. His publications include Islam: Continuity and Change in the Modern World (1982/1994), Islam and Democracy (1996, with John L. Esposito), and Makers of Contemporary Islam (2001, with Esposito). Voll earned his AB at Dartmouth College and PhD at Harvard University.