American Islamic College appoints Daoud Stephen Casewit as President
Daoud Stephen Casewit has been appointed President of American Islamic College, a Chicago-based institution of higher education offering the B.A. and M.A. in Islamic Studies and the Master of Islamic Divinity Degree with operating and degree granting authority
from the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE).
Casewit, originally from Colorado, holds degrees in Arabic Language and Linguistics from the American University in Cairo and brings to AIC decades of experience as a senior administrator of educational institutions. He headed the binational United States Fulbright Commission in Morocco for many years and previously served as Director of the Arabic Language Institute in Fez (ALIF).
Casewit brings to AIC extensive experience in the study and teaching of the Arabic language, a deep grounding in traditional Islamic Studies including the recitation of the Qur'an, and years of immersion in Muslim cultures. Casewit embodies the aspirations of American Islamic College to be an intellectual center for the study of Islam in America, a bridge between the United States and Muslim societies, and a resource for interfaith and intercultural understanding.
The mission of American Islamic College (AIC) is to provide students of all backgrounds with a solid liberal arts and sciences education that will include a rigorous academic formation in Islamic Studies, thereby conveying a broad understanding of the historical and global forces that have shaped intellectual debates and interpretations as well as the political and social structures of diverse contemporary Muslim societies.
