Research: David Entin

BRIEF BIOGRAPHY, DAVID ENTIN

David Entin lives in Rocky Hill Cohousing, Northampton Massachusetts. He retired in June, 2006, and since January has been on the Board of Directors of the Cohousing Association of the United States.

His 41-year career began with development of the first rural anti-poverty program in the US, in eastern North Carolina. He was involved in civil rights work in the 1960s in the South and served for two years in Vietnam as a civilian with the US Agency for International Development in rural reconstruction. From 1973 – 1983 David headed the state anti-poverty program in Massachusetts. He then began a career in higher education academic administration. His last position was as Vice President for Academic Affairs at Holyoke Community College.

David has two Master’s degrees, in public administration and American history, and a Ph.D. in applied sociology. He loves to travel and taught for a month at a university in Xi’an, China, May, 2007. His experience with cohousing, living in an intentional community in Cambridge, MA, from 1973-83, and sociological training has piqued his interest in research issues involving community.