Mark Cohen earned a PhD in Sociology in 2017 from New York University. In Sociology, his specialization is historical sociology, with a focus of the origins of capitalism and modern economic development. His published work mainly considers the case of Japan in the Tokugawa and Meiji eras. Since 2024, he has moved from academia to the private sector and now works to develop educational AI technology.
Cohen, Mark. 2018. “The Double Movement of Prewar Japan’s Landlord Class.” Journal of Japanese Studies 44(1):25-54. DOI:10.1353/jjs.2018.0001.
Cohen, Mark. 2015. “Historical Sociology’s Puzzle of the Missing Transitions: A Case Study of Early Modern Japan.” American Sociological Review 80(3):603-25. DOI:10.1177/0003122415583487.
Cohen, Mark. 2014. “The Political Process of the Revolutionary Samurai: A Comparative Reconsideration of Japan’s Meiji Restoration.” Theory and Society 43(2):139-68. DOI:10.1007/s11186-014-9215-6.