Robert Coles
Robert Coles is a distinguished Harvard academic and child psychiatrist whose career bridges medicine, literature, and ethics.
As a professor of psychiatry and medical humanities at Harvard Medical School, a research psychiatrist for Harvard University Health Services, and the James Agee Professor of Social Ethics at Harvard College, he brings a unique multidisciplinary perspective to his work.
A prolific author, Coles is known for combining psychological insight with humanistic inquiry.
His interviews with Dorothy Day over many years reflect his deep interest in moral and social questions, though some critics feel his psychiatric framework occasionally limits his understanding of religious experience.
