Professor Koolage teaches and researches at Eastern Michigan University. He earned his Ph.D. at University of Wisconsin – Madison. He has taught at a number of colleges, including University of Manitoba, Marquette University, and University of British Columbia. He has taught classes ranging from Understanding and Designing Cognitive Systems to traditional Ethics.

His primary focus is General Philosophy of Science, which focuses on questions about the scientific method, the scope and nature of science itself, and the application of philosophical inquiry to contemporary scientific problems and work. However, his work also includes work in specific sciences, including Psychology (primarily Cognition), Biology, and Geology.