Mark R. Cohen (born March 11, 1943) is an American scholar of Jewish history in the Muslim world.
[1] He is a scholar of the history of Jews in the Middle Ages under Islam.
[2][3] His research relies greatly on documents from the Cairo Geniza.
Cohen earned his undergraduate degree at Brandeis University, his master's degree at Columbia University, and his doctorate at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.
[6] In 2014, Cohen was a visiting professor at New York University Abu Dhabi.