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Chief Academic Officer Jim Cohn comes to Quest University Canada with 15 years' teaching experience in the St. John's College Great Books program. Adept in the Socratic method of questioning students, Jim has led courses in math, lab science, music, art, languages, literature and philosophy. Excited to become part of Quest's mission, he serves as tutor for the arts and humanities. For his Ph.D. Jim attended the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago, where he worked under the direction of Nobel laureate Saul Bellow and wrote his dissertation on Proust and Saint-Simon. Jim graduated summa cum laude in French and German from Dartmouth College. As an undergraduate, he studied abroad in Toulouse, France and in Mainz, Germany. Outside of class, he wrote a column for the college newspaper and participated in canoe club expeditions. After graduation, he held a Fulbright scholarship at the University of Cologne, and later studied Russian in Moscow. When he's not working, Jim is likely to be skiing at Whistler or hiking or mountain biking in Squamish. He enjoys writing and woodworking, and always has furniture projects pending for his wife and two daughters. To contact Jim, you can email him at or call him at 604.898.8000 or our toll free number in North America 1.888.QUEST.08 (1.888.783.7808). Jim's Vidcast Jim Cohn, Faculty member, Curriculum Coordinator Arts and Humanities video [4.5 MB] Jim's Convocation Addresses Read the Convocation Address from August 29, 2007 Read the Convocation Address from August 30, 2008 Read the Convocation Address from August 28, 2009 |
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