David Steven Cohen

David Steven Cohen holds a B.A. in History from Rutgers University, an M.A. in American History from Claremont Graduate School, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in American Civilization from the University of Pennsylvania. He taught History and American Studies at Rutgers University in Newark for nine years, prior to coming to the New Jersey Historical Commission, where he is a Senior Research Associate and Director of the Ethnic History Program.

Dr. Cohen is the author of six books, including Folk Legacies Revisited (1995) The Dutch-American Farm (l992), America, The Dream of My Life: Selections from the Federal Writers' Project's New Jersey Ethnic Survey (l990), Pinelands Folklife (l987), The Folklore and Folklife of New Jersey (l983), and The Ramapo Mountain People (l974).

He also has curated museum exhibitions, including "New Jersey Pinelands: Tradition and Environment," at the New Jersey State Museum in 1987, and produced radio and television documentaries.

Among his television credits are a series of programs about New Jersey folklife, including In the Barnegat Bay Tradition (1983), Schooners on the Bay (1984), and Pineland Sketches (1987), and two television history series: New Jersey Legacy, narrated by Celeste Holm and John T. Cunningham (for high-school students and a general audience) and Around and About New Jersey (for elementary-school students).