Elizabeth F. Cohen
Assistant Professor

 

Elizabeth F. Cohen, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, received a Ph.D. from Yale University.  Her research interests focus on contemporary political theory, citizenship studies, and the politics of immigration. Her book, Semi-Citizenship in Democratic Politics (November 2009, Cambridge University Press), analyzes divisions in types of formal citizenship and the ways in which both citizens and states exploit these divisions. Her articles and essays address children's citizenship, immigration, asylum, migration policy, gay marriage, the civil disabilities of felons and ex-felons, and citizenship in the European Union.











Links

  • Faculty Website

Areas of Expertise

  • Criminal Justice
  • Immigration
  • Politics
  • Race, Class, & Diversity