Benjamin B Cohen is Professor of History at the University of Utah, specializing in South Asian history with particular emphasis on the early-modern and modern periods. His scholarship focuses on colonial and postcolonial South Asia, with a regional concentration on the Deccan and Hyderabad. Cohen is the author of three monographs, an edited volume, and numerous articles and book chapters. He teaches courses on ancient, medieval, and modern South Asia, as well as environmental history. He received his MA and PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and his BA from Earlham College.