Biographical Sketch of Ted Cohen

 

Theodore Cohen

Professor of Sociology and Anthropology

B.A., Brooklyn College, City University of New York, 1977
M.A. (1981), Ph.D. (1986), Boston University

 

 
Ted Cohen has been at Ohio Wesleyan since 1984.   Although Dr. Cohen also teaches courses in research methods and deviance, his research and teaching areas center around the study of family life. He  is the co-author of the textbook,  The Marriage and Family Experience (10th ed.) (Cengage. 2008) and the editor of a text-reader on men and gender, Men& Masculinity: A Text Reader.   He also has published articles and book chapters on aspects of men's lives, especially their transitions to marriage and fatherhood, and their respective involvements in work, marriage, and parenthood.  His latest research examined the novel lifestyles of a sample of role reversed and opposite shift couples.   In 1990, Dr. Cohen received The Sherwood Dodge Shankland Award for the Encouragement of Teachers.

Courses taught:  Introduction to Sociology, Research Methods, Crime and Deviance, The Family, Gender in American Society