Jeffrey H. Cohen Explained

Jeffrey H. Cohen (born 1962) is an American anthropologist.

Education and early career

Cohen received his undergraduate degree from Indiana University Bloomington. He went on to earn his PhD at Indiana under the supervision of Richard Wilk.

Cohen's work is centered ethnographically in Oaxaca. For his dissertation, he explored how an indigenous peasant community responded to globalization. Since that time much of his work has focused on migration, economic development and identity.

He received his doctorate in 1994 and is currently a professor at Ohio State University in the department of anthropology and a member of steering committee for the Initiative in Population Research.

Research

Since the late 1980s, Cohen has worked in Oaxaca's central valleys region, specifically in the community of Santa Ana del Valle. This research is documented in his book, Cooperation and Community, published in 1999 by the University of Texas Press.

In 2004 he published the Culture of Migration, also with the University of Texas Press. This book documents a long-term study of migration in 13 villages, all located in Oaxaca's central valleys. The book argues that a "culture of migration" defines movement and frames migration as one of the many strategic moves Oaxacans participate in to organize their lives. Cohen notes the importance of domestic migration, the rise of international and transnational movers and the role that remittances play in the lives of Oaxaquenos in their home communities.

He has also worked on Dominican migration to the United States where he was part of an interdisciplinary investigation of why Dominicans are traveling to Reading, Pennsylvania.^[1] He conducts collaborative and comparative research with Ibrahim Sirkeci on Kurdish and Mexican immigration issues.

In 2007 he began an analysis of the impact of political and civil unrest in Oaxaca on migration patterns^[2] and compared Oaxacan and Chiapaneco migration patterns. He also studies food and nutrition among immigrants and the role traditional foods, such as chapulines (grasshoppers) play for Oaxacans.^[3]

He is co-editor of Migration Letters, an academic journal,^[4] as well as of the journal Remittances Review.^[5] He is also a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for the book series Research in Economic Anthropology.^[6]

Works

• Book: Cohen, Jeffrey H.. Cooperation and Community: Economy and Society in Oaxaca. 1999. University of Texas Press. 0-292-71220-0. Austin. 40996161. ^[7]
• Book: Economic Development: An Anthropological Approach. Jeffrey H.. Cohen. Dannhaeuser. Norbert. AltaMira Press. 2002. ^[8]
• Book: Cohen, Jeffrey H.. The Culture of Migration in Southern Mexico. 2004. University of Texas Press. 0-292-70570-0. Austin. 54066190. ^[9]
• Book: Cultures of Migration: The Global Nature of Contemporary Mobility. Jeffrey H.. Cohen. Ibrahim. Sirkeci. University of Texas Press. 2011. ^[10]
• Book: Cohen, Jeffrey H.. Eating Soup without a Spoon: Anthropological Theory and Method in the Real World. University of Texas Press. 2015. 978-1-4773-0783-0. Austin. 922325779. ^[11]

External links

• Profile at Ohio State University

Notes and References

1. Jensen. Leif. Cohen. Jeffrey H.. Toribio. Almeida Jacqueline. De Jong. Gordon F.. Rodríguez. Leila. December 2006. Ethnic Identities, Language, and Economic Outcomes Among Dominicans in a New Destination. Social Science Quarterly. en. 87. s1. 1088–1099. 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2006.00417.x. 0038-4941.
2. Cohen. Jeffrey H.. 2007. The Role of Crises in Migration Outcomes: Rural Oaxacans and Politics in Oaxaca City, Mexico. Population Review. 46. 2. 22–31. 10.1353/prv.2008.0004. 154942524.
3. Cohen. Jeffrey H.. Sáánchez. Nydia Delhi Mata. Montiel-Ishino. Francisco. February 2009. Chapulines and Food Choices in Rural Oaxaca. Gastronomica. en. 9. 1. 61–65. 10.1525/gfc.2009.9.1.61. 1529-3262.
4. Web site: 2018-09-18. Migration Letters. 2020-09-09. Transnational Press London. en-GB.
5. https://journals.tplondon.com/rem/about/editorialTeam Editorial Team
6. https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/archived/products/books/series.htm%3Fid%3D0190-1281 Information page
7. Reviews of Cooperation and Community: Economy and Society in Oaxaca:
   • Grimes. Kimberley M.. 2001. Review of Cooperation and Community: Economy and Society in Oaxaca. Ethnohistory. 48. 3. 533–534. 10.1215/00141801-48-3-533. 161153504.
   • Waterbury. Ronald. June 2001. Review of Cooperation and Community: Economy and Society in Oaxaca. American Anthropologist. en. 103. 2. 564. 10.1525/aa.2001.103.2.564. 0002-7294. 683508.
   • Pérez. Ramona L.. August 2002. 3. American Ethnologist. 3805492. 748–749. Review of Cooperation and Community: Economy and Society in Oaxaca. 29. 10.1525/ae.2002.29.3.748.
   • Murphy. Arthur D.. Mesoamérica. 23. 43. June 2002. 167–170. Review of Cooperation and Community: Economy and Society in Oaxaca.
8. Schröder. Peter. 1. Anthropos. 40466329. 245–246. Review of Economic Development: An Anthropological Approach. 99. 2004.
9. Reviews of The Culture of Migration in Southern Mexico:
   • Gibson. Herman. November 2005. Review of The Culture of Migration in Southern Mexico. Contemporary Sociology. en. 34. 6. 647–648. 10.1177/009430610503400630. 0094-3061. 4147128. 143821366.
   • Binford. Leigh. March 2006. Review of The Culture of Migration in Southern Mexico. American Anthropologist. en. 108. 1. 236–237. 10.1525/aa.2006.108.1.236. 0002-7294. 3804757.
   • Marcelli. Enrico. 2005. Review of The Culture of Migration in Southern Mexico. Population Review. en. 44. 2. 81–85. 10.1353/prv.2006.0004. 154608574. 1549-0955.
   • Jones. Gareth A.. Gareth Jones (geographer). 2006. Review of The Culture of Migration in Southern Mexico. Journal of Latin American Studies. 38. 3. 653–655. 10.1017/S0022216X06361500. 0022-216X. 3875889. 145705369 .
   • Barbosa. R.. January 2007. 10.1215/00141801-2006-056. 1. Ethnohistory. 215–216. Review of The Culture of Migration in Southern Mexico. 54.
   • Sirkeci. L.. October 2005. 2. Migration Letters. 178–181. Review of The Culture of Migration in Southern Mexico. 2. .
   • Brettell. Caroline B.. Caroline Brettell. May 2006. 10.1111/j.0022-4146.2006.00446.x. 2. Journal of Regional Science. 401–402. Wiley. Review of The Culture of Migration in Southern Mexico. 46.
10. Reviews of Cultures of Migration:
    • Wang. Linda Q.. 3–4. International Social Science Review. 41887548. 166–167. Review of Cultures of Migration. 87. 2012.
    • Nájera. Lourdes Gutiérrez. August 2012. 3. American Ethnologist. 23250802. 643–644. Review of Cultures of Migration. 39.
    • McDowell. Linda. Linda McDowell. August 2012. 10.1080/01419870.2012.679667. 8. Ethnic and Racial Studies. 1503–1504. Review of Cultures of Migration. 35. 145528354.
    • Seker. B. Dilara. Strielkowski. Wadim. May 2015. 2. Migration Letters. 174–175. Review of Cultures of Migration. 12. .
11. Schwartzkopf. Stacey A.. October 2017. Review of Eating Soup without a Spoon. Ethnohistory. en. 64. 4. 545–546. 10.1215/00141801-4174408. 0014-1801.