Jean Louise Cohen

Nell and Herbert M. Singer Professor of Contemporary Civilization in the Core Curriculum

Political Science

Jean Cohen (Ph.D., New School for Social Research, 1979) is the Nell and Herbert M. Singer Professor of Political Thought and Contemporary Civilization. She teaches contemporary political and legal theory; continental political thought; rights, religion and constitutional democracy; contemporary civilization, critical theory, and international political theory. Professor Cohen’s areas of interest are sovereignty, human rights, religion and democratic constitutionalism, and gender and the law.