Michael Cohen American University

Michael David Cohen is a research professor in the Department of Government and a faculty fellow in the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies (CCPS) at American University. A historian of nineteenth-century America, he serves as editor and director of the Correspondence of Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore. View Michael David Cohens profile on LinkedIn, a professional community of 1 billion members.

View Profile I am a historian and a documentary editor specializing in nineteenth-century America. Since 2020 I have been editor and project director of the Correspondence of Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore at American University's Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies. Michael David Cohen is a research professor in the Department of Government and a faculty fellow in the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at American University.

He serves as editor of the Correspondence of Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore project. American University, Washington, DC Research Professor, Department of Government Editor/Project Director, Correspondence of Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore Faculty Fellow, Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies A historian of nineteenth-century America, he holds appointments as a research professor in the Department of Government and as a faculty fellow in the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at American University.

Forthcoming from The Johns Hopkins University Press: "It is extraordinarily difficult for historians to reconstruct the lives of individual enslaved people. SPA proudly congratulates Prof. Michael Cohen on winning the Boydston Essay Prize from the Association for Documentary Editing for his work on 'My manusc [r]ipt papers .

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CURRENT POSITION American University, Washington, DC Research Professor, Department of Government Editor/Project Director, Correspondence of Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore Faculty Fellow, Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies Humanities advisor for University of Reconstruction, documentary about the University of South Carolina under development by Historic Columbia and ETV and funded by National Endowment for the Humanities, 2021present.