Richard B. Cohen

Richard B. Cohen, Ed.D.

Dean, Ross College of Education, Health and Human Services (Former)

Personal profile

Professional Affiliations

  • Dean, Lynn University, Ross Colllege of Education, 2000-2006
  • Associate Professor, Lynn University, Ross Colllege of Education, 1993-2000

Professional Information

  • Vice Chairman of the Lynn University Academic Council
  • Chairman of the Teacher Education program
  • Director of Annenberg Challenge Grants
  • Workshop facilitator for teachers regionally and nationally 

External Affiliations

  • Board of Directors for the Unicorn Foundation
  • Board of Directors for the National Social Science Association
  • Faculty advisor for Best Buddies, an international organization that pairs Lynn University students with mentally handicapped adults in the Boca Raton community
  • Faculty co-advisor to Kappa Delta Pi, an international honors society organized to recognize excellence in education
  • Received grant funding from The League for Educational Awareness of the Holocaust, Inc. (LEAH), for the development of special classroom strategies for teaching about the Holocaust in the Palm Beach County School District
  • Co-director of the Florida Tutors Program, a collaborative effort with Palm Beach Atlantic College and Florida Atlantic University which provides middle school students in Boca Raton and West Palm Beach with college-age tutors

Previous employer

  • Assistant and Associate Professor of Education at the University of Arkansas
  • Owned and operated five separate auto salvage yards in and around Little Rock, AR

Awards and Honors

  • Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award, Lynn University, 2000
  • Recipient of the Apple Polisher Award, which recognizes and commends faculty for their outstanding achievements. 

Other work

  • Competed at various auto racing venus, including Watkins Glen, New York; Laguna Seca and Riverside in California; and Road America in Wisconsin. 
  • From the ages of five to ten years old, with his twin brother Phil, the "Cohen Twins," were the youngest professional acrobats in the world. The duo performed with such celebrities as Danny Kaye and Milton Berle and appeared on Ted Mack's "Original Amateur Hour." They did a movie with Tony Curtis and performed professionally at benefits, hospitals and numerous television shows in the New York and Boston areas.

Education/Academic qualification

Elementary Education, B.S., Kansas State University

Special Education, Postgraduate courses, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Curriculum and Instruction, Ed.D., University of Kansas

Special Education, M.S., University of Kansas

  • 8 Workshop
  • 3 Article
  • 2 Conference session
  • 1 Doctoral Dissertation
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