Cohen, Ronald A., 1955-

Studied the Gary, Indiana schools from 1906-1940.

From the description of Ronald Cohen papers, 1957-1959. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32320975

Ronald Cohen was born in Toronto, Canada, in 1930. He received a Ph. D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1960. He served in various faculty positions in Anthropology at the University of Toronto, McGill University, Northwestern, Ahmadu Bello University, and the University of Florida.

Cohen's extensive field work includes four major research projects undertaken in Nigeria. In the mid-1950s, Cohen conducted ethnographic research examining social changes among the Kanuri of Borno in Northern Nigeria. In the late 1960s, he researched the high divorce frequency among the Kanuri.

In the early 1970s, he conducted a large ethnographic study of the origins and structure of Babur-Bura society in Borno with a special emphasis on spread of Islam and the split between the Babur (predominately Islamic) and the Bura groups in this region. In the mid-1980s, Cohen returned to Nigeria once again to examine the organization of food production in Nigerian agriculture, including farming scale and productivity.

From the description of Papers, 1950-1996. (University of Florida). WorldCat record id: 53452075