Judy Cohen, after ten years as a private tour guide and travel agent, began her international work at James Madison University in 1989, directing the JMU/Commonwealth of Virginia International Internship Program and managing bookings for Madison House, JMU’s student resident house in London. Currently Cohen advises students on non-JMU study abroad and internship programs, and oversees various OIP publications. Her professional travels have taken her to Western and Eastern Europe and also to Australia.

Judy graduated from Wellesley College with a major in French, and worked for the administration at Duke University before coming to Harrisonburg in 1973. When her husband, Dr. Ralph Cohen, began establishing JMU’s study abroad program she assisted in setting up the semesters in London and Paris. As part of the faculty family in residence, she provided administrative assistance in London for five semesters and for two semesters in Florence. An avid supporter of the arts, Judy has contributed in a variety of ways to the growth and success of the American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, and is president of JMU’s Friends of Carrier Library.