Teaching Revolutionary NJ Symposium

In preparation for the 250th anniversary (the Semiquincentennial) of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 2026, Atlantic Cape Community College’s Arts & Humanities Department is hosting the symposium, Teaching Revolutionary New Jersey, on May 23, 2025.

This event will bring together scholars of this important period in our country’s history for presentations focused on strategies for teaching revolutionary history and the State of New Jersey’s role in it. 

Save the Date!
Friday, May 23, 2025
Mays Landing campus, Walter E. Edge Theater

This free event, presented by Atlantic Cape Community College’s Arts & Humanities Department, and sponsored by the New Jersey Council for the Humanities and the Atlantic Cape Foundation, is designed for high school and college educators. Visit this page frequently for updated event information. This event is open to the public.

• Keynote Speaker: Dr. Jennifer Janofsky, Executive Director at Red Bank Battlefield Park and Giordano Fellow at Rowan University
• Melissa Ziobro, Curator at the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music
• Adam Zielinski, Independent Historian
• Dr. Richard Veit, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Professor of Anthropology at Monmouth University
• Chris Slaby, Ph.D. Candidate at William & Mary University
• Dr. Lucia McMahon, Professor and Chair of History at William Paterson University
• Dr. Jonathan Mercantini, Associate Provost of the College of Liberal Arts and Associate Professor of History at Kean University
• Sue Kozel, public historian, educator and former Fellow with the International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello
• Dr. Elizabeth Hyde, professor of history and acting associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts, Kean University
• Gary Berton, President of the Thomas Paine National Historical Association
• Zach Baer, History Teacher at Shawnee High School