Jonathan Reuben Cohen
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Dr. Jonathan Reuben Cohen (born July 18, 1958) is a professor of philosophy at the University of Maine at Farmington. In 2003, he won the Best Faculty Award of the year. In 2004, he became the first Director of General Education at that university. He specializes in teaching history of philosophy, ethics, and logic. He has research interests in Nietzsche, ancient philosophy, and Jewish philosophy.
Cohen graduated from Harvard with a major in philosophy in 1980, and then graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a Master's Degree in philosophy in 1984. At that point he went to Jewish Theological Seminary of America and attained a degree in Jewish philosophy in 1988. Following that, he went to the University of Pennsylvania and received his PhD in 1991.
Cohen now lives with his wife and four children in Farmington, Maine.