Jan Kadetsky Cohn

Background

Cohn, Jan Kadetsky was born on August 9, 1933 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Allan Robert and Beatrice (Goldberg) Kadetsky.

Education

Bachelor, Wellesley College, 1955. Master of Arts, University Toledo, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1964.

Career

From instructor to assistant professor, U. Toledo, 1964-1968; associate professor, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, 1968-1970; associate professor, Carnegie Mellon U., Pittsburgh, 1970-1979; professor, department chair, George Mason U., Fairfax, Virginia, 1979-1987; dean faculty, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, 1987-1994; G. Keith Funston professor American literature and American studies, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, since 1994. Consultant in field.

Achievements

• January Kadetsky Cohn has been listed as a noteworthy studies educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Romance and the Erotics of Property: Mass-Market Fiction for Women

    ( Romance and the Erotics of Property examines contempora...)

  • Covers of the Saturday Evening Post: Seventy Years of Outstanding Illustration From America's Favorite Magazine

    (Three thousand and five hundred reproductions include vir...)

  • Creating America: George Horace Lorimer and The Saturday Evening Post

    ( Before movies, radio, and television challenged the heg...)

  • Improbable Fiction: The Life of Mary Roberts Rinehart

    ( The mystery stories and other popular fiction of Mary R...)

  • Covers of the Saturday Evening Post: Seventy Years of Outstanding Illustration

    (From 1899 to 1969, millions of Americans saw themselves e...)

  • Improbable Fiction: The Life of Mary Roberts Rinehart by Jan Cohn (1980-03-03)

    (Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include compa...)

  • Palace or the Poorhouse: The American House As a Cultural Symbol

    (Book by Cohn, Jan)

  • By Jan Cohn - Improbable Fiction: The Life of Mary Roberts Rinehart (1980-03-16) Hardcover

Membership

Board directors National Building Museum, Washington, 1987-1991. Trustee Norman Rockwell Museum, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, 1997. Executive board directors Connecticut Public Broadcasting, Hartford, 1988-1992.

Member Modern Language Association, Popular Culture Association, American Culture Association, American Studies Association, Phi Kappa Phi.

Connections

Married Donald S. Solomon, February 6, 1955 (divorced 1968). Children: Cathy Rebecca, David Seth. Married William Henry Cohn, March 9, 1969.

Father:

Allan Robert Kadetsky

Mother:

Beatrice (Goldberg) Kadetsky

Spouse:

William Henry Cohn

Spouse:

Donald S. Solomon

child:

Cathy Rebecca Cohn

child:

David Seth Cohn