Hampshire College

Salman Hameed, assistant professor of integrated science and humanities, holds a Ph.D. in astronomy from New Mexico State University at Las Cruces and a B.S. in physics and astronomy from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

He has taught astronomy classes as well as interdisciplinary courses on critical thinking, science public policy, and science and religion.

His current research interests include star formation in spiral galaxies, nature of small dusty galaxies in the early universe, a study of anti-evolution efforts in the United States and modern creation movements in the Islamic world, reasons for the spread of paranormal beliefs among college students, and reconciliation efforts over sacred objects and places of astronomical importance (e.g. Tomanowos/Willamette meteorite and observatories at Mauna Kea).

Affiliations
Five College Astronomy Department
School of Cognitive Science
School of Natural Science

Recent Courses
Astrophysics I: Stars and Galaxies (Spring 2010)
Aliens: Close Encounter of the Multidisciplinary Kind (Spring 2010)
Science in the Islamic World: From Almagest to the Islamic Bomb (Fall 2009)
Science and Religion: Origins (Fall 2009)