Philip N. Cohen

Philip N. Cohen is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Maryland and the founding director of SocArXiv, an open archive for the social sciences since 2016. His research and advocacy focus on families, inequality, public engagement, and open science initiatives.

• Education:
  • PhD, University of Maryland (1999)
  • MA, University of Massachusetts Amherst (1994)
  • BA, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1992)

His work spans demographic trends, family structure, labor division, and health disparities, often intersecting with public scholarship. He authored the textbook The Family: Diversity, Inequality, and Social Change (4th edition) and advocates for reform in scholarly communication systems.

As a director of UMD PACT (Publishing, Access, and Contract Terms), he actively shapes institutional policies on open access and academic publishing.

Advising: Mentored students include:

• Joanna R. Pepin (Assistant Professor, University of Toronto)
• Jeehye Kang (Associate Professor, Old Dominion University)
• Jaein Lee (Assistant Professor, Arkansas State University)
• Hao-Chun Cheng (Postdoc, Academia Sinica)
• Joey Brown (US Census Bureau)
• Justin Maietta (US Census Bureau)
• Joey Jennings (unknown affiliation)