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Elizabeth Cohn

Assistant Professor
School of International Service

  • Dr. Elizabeth Cohn is an Assistant Professor specializing in U.S. foreign policy and Latin America. Her research interests include the U.S. promotion of democracy and Latin America. She is also deeply interested in pedagogies of teaching and is a frequent presenter at workshops on teaching.

    She has taught at Goucher College, where she was the director of the International and Intercultural Studies program, and at the Monterey Institute of International Studies. She was the founder and director of the Central American Historical Institute, Washington, D.C.

  • Degrees

    PhD, American University

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Teaching

  • Spring 2013

    • SIS-106 First Year Seminar: Reflections: U.S. in Mirror
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    • SIS-419 Adv Topics in Int'l Relations: U.S.-Latin America Relations
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    • SIS-494 Comm Service Learning Project: US-Latin American Relations
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  • Fall 2013

    • HNRS-302 Honors Collqm in Social Sc: Media and U.S. Foreign Policy
    • Description
    • SISU-106 First Year Seminar: Reflections: U.S.In Mirror
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    • SISU-324 Topics in Pol Econ of Latin Am: Breakfast in the Americas
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Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities

Research Interests

Dr. Cohn teaches courses on U.S. foreign policy and international politics, as well as courses on Latin America including, "Breakfast in the Americas: Bananas, Coffee, Sugar."

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