Psychology

Ronald L. Cohen

Contact information:

Office phone: 802/440-4384
Fax: 802/447-4269
Email: rlcohen@bennington.edu


Office:

Barn 208
Bennington College
1 College Drive
Bennington, Vermont 05201

EDUCATION

B.A.University of Minnesota (Sociology)
Ph.D.University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
(Social Psychology)


OTHER EDUCATION
  • University of Texas, Austin, Texas.
  • Peace Corps Training Program in Rural Community Development in Brazil.
  • Basic Mediation Training,
  • Friends Conflict Resolution Center, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Victim Impact Panels for Offenders,
  • Training Seminar, Vermont Department of Corrections, Burlington, VT
  • Family Group Conference Training,
  • Vermont Department of Corrections, Burlington, VT.

  • MAJOR INTERESTS
  • Distributive justice
  • Procedural justice
  • Relations, between "just" and "efficient" distributions of resources
  • Justice and attributions of cause and responsibility
  • Political orientations over the life course
  • Silence and silencing
  • Silence and justice
  • Regrettable Silences
  • Effects of participation in reparative probation
  • Restorative justice, shame, and humiliation