{"id":3349,"date":"2025-09-06T17:06:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T17:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/philosophy-religion-humanities\/?page_id=3349"},"modified":"2025-09-06T17:07:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T17:07:05","slug":"bobbie-cohn","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/philosophy-religion-humanities\/bobbie-cohn\/","title":{"rendered":"Bobbie Cohn"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bobbie Cohn — Associate Professor of Philosophy<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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My undergraduate work was at the University of Florida (go gators) and my graduate work at Cornell University. While in graduate school I also taught part-time at Corning Community College (hereafter referred to as CCC), Colgate University, and multiple correctional facilities in the area.<\/p>\n

Teaching Philosophy:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Above all, I aim for students to come away from my courses with the skills\u00a0and\u00a0the desire to think philosophically and critically throughout their lives. In other words, I like to make philosophy fun.<\/p>\n

Logistically, students in my courses can expect lectures mixed with both traditional and zany in-class activities. The major assignments in my courses are generally essays and short answer exams.<\/p>\n

Areas of Interest:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

My research is in feminist philosophy, ethics, and a few distinct fields of applied ethics, particularly philosophy of disability, philosophy of education, and family ethics. I\u2019m especially interested in interpersonal relationship dynamics that are essentially power asymmetric (e.g., professor-student, abuser-victim) and thinking about why some behaviors are constructive and praiseworthy within the context of these power dynamics, even though such behavior is otherwise destructive and problematic. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Courses Taught:<\/strong><\/p>\n