samia w cohen

Samia Cohen is a writer, editor, teacher, public scholar, and creative practitioner with an interest in environmental storytelling, urban environmental history, and transgender studies. She is at work on a book manuscript, titled Impermeable: Stories of A Landfilled Urban Coast, that explores the hydrological legacy of Providence, Rhode Island, where Samia was born, and the life that free-flowing water has supported in the city across time. Samia also writes in an auto-theoretical vein on transgender experience and trans embodiment in relation to changing landscapes. She completed her PhD in American Studies at Brown in 2024.

Outside of work, Samia enjoys making zines, practicing meditation, and learning Mandarin. She is based in New York City.

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