THE PROFESSOR IS IN: Finding Academic and Emotional Success in College

Parents will gain a clearer understanding of what students should know before their first semester, how to support daughters in developing independence and self-advocacy, and what habits and mindsets lead to success both inside and outside the classroom. This conversation will offer reassurance, perspective, and actionable strategies to help families prepare their girls not just to get into college, but to flourish once they’re there.

A native Clevelander, Deborah J. Cohan, Ph.D., is an award-winning public sociologist and author of the new book, The Complete U: Over 100 Lessons for Success in and out of the College Classroom (Books That Save Lives, 2025) and the critically acclaimed sociological memoir, Welcome to Wherever We Are: A Memoir of Family, Caregiving, and Redemption (Rutgers 2020). Cohan is Professor of Sociology at the University of South Carolina-Beaufort, a writer for Psychology Today, and her work has appeared in the Modern Love column of The New York Times, Newsweek, Teen Vogue, Ms. Magazine, Inside Higher Ed, HigherEdJobs, Utne Reader, and The Good Men Project. Regularly featured as an expert for media on a wide range of issues, Cohan has been cited in outlets such as: CNN, MSN, TIME, US News & World Report, BuzzFeed, Elite Daily, The Washington Post, Vox, Slate, Salon, Vice News, Huffington Post, and The Chronicle of Higher Education. For more information about her, please visit www.deborahjcohan.com

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