Paula Marantz Cohen’s new book, Of Human Kindness: What Shakespeare Teaches Us About Empathy, will be published next month.
Paula Marantz Cohen
Injured Merit
How a righteous sense of grievance can lead to a better world
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Thursday, January 28, 2021
This Side of Paradise
Aging has its rewards until it doesn’t. I am ready to contemplate the end but not, yet, to give in to it
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Monday, December 03, 2018
On Hospitality
Perspectives on borders and border-crossing
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Don’t Race Through a Great Book
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Monday, December 26, 2016
Shylock, My Students, and Me
What I’ve learned from 30 years of teaching The Merchant of Venice
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Don’t Race Through a Great Book
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Monday, April 11, 2016
The Trouble at Yale
Why an intellectual space requires a safe space
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Learning and its Limits
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Crash-Course America
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Tri-teaching
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, June 19, 2012
What Makes a Good Enough Education?
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Changing Places
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Critical But Kind
The importance of civility in reviewing
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Writing Addiction
The therapy of putting pen to paper
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Christie and Obama’s Romantic Plot
The appeal of enemies who become friends
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Vocational Crisis
Slow down and take time to discover your life’s work
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Teaching and Suspense
What do potboilers and classrooms have in common?
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, March 05, 2013
Mother-in-Law Studies
In which she finds fault and expects dinner
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Going Non-Native
How reading flawed English can make us better writers
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Teachers of the World, Unite!
How Marx and Engels can bring a class to life
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, April 16, 2013
The Teaching Cure
What teachers can learn from therapists
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, May 21, 2013
It’s Academic
Colleges need to rethink their priorities
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Keeping Score
How test prep widens the achievement gap
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, June 04, 2013
Too Much Information
The pleasure of figuring things out for yourself
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Of Love and Learning Online
What would Jane Austen say?
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, July 09, 2013
Be Careful What You Wish For
The decline of the humanities is a consequence of their success
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, July 30, 2013
In Defense of “Like”
The word is, like, not as pointless as you think
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Playing for Keeps
Being a kid isn’t what it used to be
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, September 03, 2013
“Greater Than Our Brother Is Our Chastity”
Sometimes choices aren’t so obvious
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, September 10, 2013
An Exemplary Academic Life
You don’t have to rely on institutions to lead one
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, September 17, 2013
In Pursuit of the Headless Horseman
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, September 06, 2011
Habit
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Teaching with Peter
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, September 27, 2011
The Small Orchestra Class
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, October 11, 2011
The Tidal Wave of the New
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, October 04, 2011
Older Students
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Food and Learning
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Learning from My Mother
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, November 01, 2011
Teach for America
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, November 08, 2011
Writer’s Block
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, November 15, 2011
The Vocation of Teaching and the Penn State Scandal
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, November 22, 2011
As You Like It
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Chinese Starter Course
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, December 06, 2011
The Globalized Recipe for Education
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Some Thoughts on the Marriage Plot
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Orson Welles on Reading Shakespeare Aloud
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Teaching the Domestic Novel
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, December 27, 2011
The Esthetics of Teaching
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, January 03, 2012
Life Coaches
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, January 17, 2012
John Dewey
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Nature, Nurture, Fortune, Will
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Social vs. Private Good in Education
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, February 07, 2012
Teaching Creative Writing
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Tracking
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Monday, February 20, 2012
Dr. Johnson’s Profession
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Giving Diversity Its Due
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, March 06, 2012
Teaching and Mental Illness
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Against Educational Reform
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, May 08, 2012
Tune Out, Turn Off
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Education and Brainwashing
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Montaigne on Education
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, April 03, 2012
Lessons from The History Boys
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Byte-sized Life
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, April 24, 2012
The Seven Ages of Teaching
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, May 01, 2012
The New Curated Self
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Stand-Up 101
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, May 22, 2012
The Ladder of Craft
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Death of a Salesman—Seen vs. Imagined
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, June 05, 2012
Teaching The Wire
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Devil’s Bargain
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, July 03, 2012
The Nostalgia of the College Student
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Teaching vs. Mentoring
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Parent-Teacher
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Finally Teaching King Lear
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, August 07, 2012
Chumps at Oxford
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Why I Hate the College Application Essay
Should bragging be a prerequisite for college?
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Reading Caliban
Why can’t scholars write more clearly?
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, September 04, 2012
Not Einstein
Teaching science to the rest of us
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, September 11, 2012
All Doctors Should Teach
A guest columnist’s prescription for MDs
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, September 18, 2012
The Hobart Shakespeareans
A movie that reminds us how much a great teacher can do
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Yiddishisms
Words from the old country enrich the language of the new
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, October 02, 2012
Money, Leisure, Death
What college students should be learning about
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, October 09, 2012
Agelessness in Academia
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Master of the Examined Life
Teaching what colleges don’t
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, November 06, 2012
Working Lunch
Three veteran teachers find new lessons about our life’s work
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Confucianism in China Today
An ancient philosophy makes a comeback
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, December 04, 2012
The University as Welfare State
Why you should want kooks teaching your kids
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Returning to Matthew Arnold
Sometimes appreciation of a book depends on when you read it
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, January 08, 2013
Based on a True Story
How historical fiction alters our perception of the past
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, February 05, 2013
Major Decisions
It’s time to reimagine how undergraduates study education
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Beyond Words
Our struggle to understand what cannot be understood
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, January 29, 2013
The Lopsided Bias of Unconditional Belief
Why to look beyond initial impressions
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Giving Away the Store
How will online learning affect brick and mortar universities?
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, February 19, 2013
A Workout for the Mind
The gym isn’t just for sweating anymore
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Tastemakers
We like what we like until someone changes our minds
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, March 26, 2013
How to Do What You Do?
The life of a professor isn’t what it used to be
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, April 02, 2013
Urban Encounters
On the art of talking to strangers
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, April 09, 2013
The Search for Wonder
A lasting lesson on how to view the world
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Hidden Meanings
Who we are colors how we understand language
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Love the One You’re With
Sometimes we must settle for approximations
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, May 07, 2013
Existential Teaching
Exploring “big questions” in the classroom
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Mission Impossible?
Why groupthink won’t save the humanities
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, July 02, 2013
Love Thy Students
Teaching as an emotional experience
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, July 16, 2013
They All Want Mr. (Ms.) Darcy
Life lessons from Jane Austen
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, July 23, 2013
On Being Awesome
Sometimes we encounter the quality in curious places
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, August 06, 2013
Magic Pills
The story of the making of a miracle drug
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Making Excuses
We love to complain, but is that all we’re doing?
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Academic Tumbleweeds
Why eccentricity thrives on campus
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, October 01, 2013
Talking Television
Our favorite shows keep getting better
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Bring on the Masseuse!
The aches and pains of our Internet age
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Talking in Class
Sometimes being articulate isn’t enough
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Learning to Lose
We need to stop treating education like a sport
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, November 05, 2013
Dickens Down the Years
A novel’s continued immediacy
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Study Abroad
What foreign countries can teach us about education
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, November 19, 2013
The Art of Obsession
Some of us are compulsive in our creativity
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Godless Art
In the absence of religion, is morality enough?
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, December 03, 2013
A Question of Worth
Helping students see beyond the classroom
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Self-Justification
Teachers and universities should focus on their students, not on themselves
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Painful Separation
When students outgrow their mentors
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, December 31, 2013
The Rich Are Not Different
Even if they think they are
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Evil, Evil Everywhere
And how it might be affecting our culture
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Men in Tights
Shakespeare and the power of disguise
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, February 11, 2014
In Memory of a Great Teacher
Glenn Hobson, 1955-2014
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Escaping America
It’s harder than you might think
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Home Schooling
A book that teaches families how to succeed
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, March 11, 2014
The Milk of Human (Un)kindness
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Staying Up to Speed
An experienced professor is humbled by his colleague’s knowledge and caring
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Still Lives
The enduring influence of da Vinci’s anatomical drawings
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, April 01, 2014
Winning Isn’t Everything
How the self-esteem movement has failed our kids
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, April 08, 2014
Class Therapy
How the Loman family helped my students understand their own
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Academics Anonymous
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, September 04, 2012
The Seduction
After years of favoring the endurance-test approach to teaching literature, a professor focuses on how to make books spark to life for her students
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Wednesday, December 01, 2010
The Potency of Breathless
At 50, Godard’s film still asks how something this bad can be so good
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Sunday, March 01, 2009
Why Read George Eliot?
Her novels are just modern enough—and just old-fashioned enough, too
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Wednesday, March 01, 2006
Habit
by Paula Marantz Cohen | Friday, June 03, 2011
