Claribel Young, Ph.D

How to Contact Me:

Arts & Science Center

Georgian Court University
School of Art and Humanities
900 Lakewood Ave.
Lakewood, NJ 08701-2697

youngc@georgian.edu 

• Professor of History
• Served as Chair of the Department of History, Geography and Philosophy, Georgian Court
  University (1978-84, Acting chair 1997, Chair 2003-07)

• 1989 Doctor of Philosophy, Rutgers, the State University of NJ
• 1978 Master of Arts, Rutgers the State University of NJ
• 1975 Bachelor of Arts, (magda cum laude), Georgian Court College

• 1989 to present Full Professor of history at GCU
• 1986-1989 Associate Professor of History at GCC
• 1982-1986 Assistant Professor of History at GCC
• 1978-1982 Instructor of History at GCC
• 1976-1978 Lecturer in history at GCC

• Reader for ETS, Princeton, 1988
• Department Chair, 1978-84, Acting Chair, 1990
• Full Professor of History, 1989-Present
• Associate Professor of History, 1986-1989
• Assistant Professor of History, 1982-1986
• Instructor in History, 1978-1982
• Lecturer in History, 1976-1978

• Teacher of Social Studies
• Teacher of English

• Impact of Technology on History
• New Jersey Studies
• Colonial America
• The American Civil War and Reconstruction
• The American Revolution and Aftermath
• The Young Republic
• The History of England I and II
• The History of Ireland

• Founded Alpha Delta Zeta Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta International History Honor Society at GCC (member & advisor), 1987
• Member of AAUP, 1988 to present (president GCC Chapter in 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000 & 2002)
• Executive Officer, Middle Atlantic Historical Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities, 1985-88
• NJ State Task Force for Intercampus Networking (NJIN), 1986-1987
• Founding member of NJ Studies Academic Alliance, 1992 to present
• Alliance and Chair of Task Force on NJ Education reporting to NJ Advocates and the State of NJ
• Member Point Pleasant Historical Society, 1990 to present
• Member of Ocean County Historical Society, 1995 to present
• Member of Toms River Seaport Society, 2000 - present

• Listed in Who's Who Among American Women
• Four times elected to Who’s Who Among American Educators: 1989,2002,2004,2006.
• “Excellence in Teaching New Jersey Studies on a College Level,” awarded by the New Jersey Studies Academic Alliance, 2004.
• “Teacher of the Year”, Georgian Court University, May 2004.
• “History Department Award”, 1975.

• 2001 Four topics submitted and accepted to The New Jersey Encyclopedia; “Lady Elizabeth Carteret,” “Jeremiah Basse,” “Georgian Court College,” and “Education
  in New Jersey.”
• "Women and Land Ownership in Proprietary East Jersey: The Case of Sarah Reape, Quaker," New Jersey History, Fall/Winter 1999, pp. 46-63
• "Why Teach New Jersey? Because It Makes Good Sense," The Docket, Journal of the New Jersey Council for the Social Studies, Spring/Summer, 1997
• "Imperial, Proprietary and Freeholder Objectives in the Colonial Settlement of New Jersey 1662-1682" Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Rutgers University, 1989
• "The Development of Pluralist Government in Colonial America: The Case of NJ 1664-1682" Honorus, A Journal of Research, Vol.II, No.1.,1987
• Book Review of Lewis Morris 1671-1746 by Eugene Sheridan in New Jersey History Magazine, Spring/Summer, 1978
• "A Reexamination of William Cobbett's Opinion of Thomas Paine." Journal of the Rutgers University Library, Spring, 1977

• With Prof. Peter Wacker of Rutgers, accepted, The New Jersey Studies Academic Alliance Award given by the New Jersey Historical Commission, 1998
• Presented Commentary on "Penn's Greene Countrie Towne and Its Liberties", Rosemont College, 1994
• Presented paper titled, "Pluralist Government in Colonial New Jersey," at Loyola College, Baltimore, 1987
• Presented paper titled, "Sarah Reape, A Study in Women's Landholding in 17th Century NJ", at Seton Hall, 1985
• Presented paper, "The New Jersey Proprietors", at St. John's University, Staten Island, NY, 1980
• Presented Slide Lectures on Lakewood/Georgian Court at: College of St. Elizabeth, Strand Theatre (3), Ocean County Library Assoc., Point Pleasant Historical Society, Ocean County Historical Society, NJSAA, New Jersey Studies Academic Alliance (3), Leisure Village Assn
• Guest lecturer at Point Pleasant Rotary, Barnegat Light Historical Society, Howell Historical Society, Point Pleasant Rotary, Ocean County Library Association
• 1999, Developed and offered first totally on-line course at GCC on New Jersey Studies.  Developed web-enhanced Historical Methodology course.   Submitted four topics for the New Jersey Encyclopedia:  Jeremiah Basse, Lady Elizabeth Carteret, History of Education in NJ and Georgian Court College.
• 2000 - gave talk on "The Creation of Monmouth County" at Archives Day, Monmouth Library, Manalapan.  Organized a "slide show" on historic Lakewood for GCC home page.  Wrote script for Lakewood video funded by NJHC grant.
• 2002 GCC received $13,000 grant to film script of "Lakewood in the Gilded Age."
• 2003 Presented "Touring NJ on the Web" at the History Issue Conference at Trent War Memorial, March 21.
• Developed the first totally on-course at GCC in New Jersey Studies.
• Wrote an E-text for the course New Jersey Studies.
• 2002-2003 Received Grants from the NJ Historical Commission to write a script for a video of “Lakewood in the Gilded Age” and to Narrate the film.

• 2004 Presented the Convocation address at GCU as Teacher of the Year.
• 2000 “The Creation of Monmouth County” at Archives Day, Monmouth Library, Manalapan.

• Feb.11, 2005 “Personnel Problems in the Department” in conjunction with three othermembers of the GCU faculty at the Annual Department Chairs Conference, Orlando, Fla.
• March 21, 2004: “Touring NJ on the Web: Using Computers in the Classroom.” At the History Issues conference in Trenton, NJ.
• October 2003: “Using Archival Materials in the Classroom.” At the Monmouth County Historical Association, Freehold.

• Inducted into the Point Pleasant Beach High School "Hall of Fame", 1996
• Consultant to East Brunswick Schools on remodeling NJ History courses, 1994
• Advisor to Indian Hill School, Holmdel, on planning NJ History courses for fourth grades, 1988
• Presented workshop for Howell Twp. HS Social Studies Dept. on the uses of local history in the classroom, 1985
• Summer Sessions for Elderhostel Lectures, 1985-1988
• Continuing Education courses given on NJ at Pt. Pleasant HS, 1985-1988
• Listed in Directory of Academic Historians, 1978
• Member of Georgian Court Alumnae Association, 1975 to Present
• Mentor to History Majors presenting papers on Research Night at Georgian Court College and at Regional Meetings of Phi Alpha Theta
• Advisor to Ocean County Historical Society and Ocean County Cultural and Heritage