Biography
Kohn was born in Miami Beach, Florida. He earned a B.A. from Brown University in 1979, having created his own interdisciplinary course of study, and an M.A. in the social sciences from the University of Chicago. Kohn has taught at the high school and college levels in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. The father of two children, he lives in the Boston area and works as an independent scholar, unaffiliated with any institution.
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