She serves on the steering committee of the Center for Behavioral and Decision Research—an interdisciplinary research center at Carnegie Mellon University that brings together scholars from behavioral economics, psychology, organizational behavior, marketing, and public policy. Cohen teaches courses on Negotiations and on Managing People and Teams for Masters of Business Administration (MBA) students, and doctoral seminars on Research Methods in the Behavioral Sciences, Negotiation and Conflict Management, and Unethical Behavior. She has twice been a finalist for the George Leland Bach Excellence in Teaching Award at the Tepper School of Business.