William A. Graham.

About William A. Graham

William Albert Graham Jr. is an American scholar of Islamic studies and the history of religion, and a longtime member of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University. He also served for ten years as the Dean of Harvard Divinity School. He currently holds the title of Murray A. Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, emeritus, and Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor, emeritus. Graham's scholarship has focused on early Islamic religious history, scripture, and comparative studies in religion, with particular attention to oral aspects of written textual traditions.