Gloria Cohen-Dion, associate professor of political science and a member of the advisory board for the women’s and gender studies program at Bloomsburg University in Pennsylvania, collapsed at the beginning of class on the evening of February 4. Students called 911 and a fellow faculty member carried the professor to an ambulance, but she was pronounced dead. Professor Cohen-Dion was 77 years old.
Dr. Cohen-Dion earned a doctorate at Temple University and began her career teaching in the Philadelphia public school system. She joined the faculty at Bloomsburg University in 1993. She served on the university’s curriculum committee and also spent several terms as chair of the political science department.