Jeffrey A. Cohen

Biography

Ph.D., History of Art, University of Pennsylvania

Lecturer, Growth and Structure of Cities Program, Bryn Mawr College, since 1995. Director, Digital Media and Visual Resource Center at Bryn Mawr, and humanities representative for Instructional Technology Team. Co-author of Drawing Toward Building: Philadelphia Architectural Graphics, 1730-1985 (1986), The Architectural Drawings of Benjamin Latrobe (1995), and Frank Furness: The Complete Works (1991, rev. 1996). Recent projects include Historic Structures Report for Eastern State Penitentiary, and two exhibitions, "Graced Places: The Architecture of Wilson Eyre" and "The Changing Heart of the City: Building and Rebuilding Western 'Wash West'." Chair of the Electronic Media Committee and webmaster for the Society of Architectural Historians. Project director for "Places in Time," a web-site for disseminating documentation of the Philadelphia area's built environment. Co-teaches the Senior Preservation studio with Gustavo Aaroz and Nellie Longsworth.