Christopher Young
Professor of History
cjy@iun.edu
Arts and Sciences Building, Room 2073
(219) 980-6563
Office Hours:
By Appointment
- “The ‘Goddard Broadside’: Mary K. Goddard’s Printing of the Declaration of Independence,” Maryland Historical Society News (Fall 2011), 26-27.
- “The Primary Documents of John Hancock,” Milestone Documents of American Leaders: Exploring the Primary Sources of Notable Americans. Vol. 2. Eds. Paul Finkelman and James Percoco (Pasadena, Calif.: Salem Press, 2009), 932-949.
- “The College’s Honorable Presence in the Pacific Theater during World War II,” Mac News: The Alumni Magazine of MacMurray College 26, no. 2 (Summer 2006), 28-29.
- “St. Stanislaus Kostka: A Brief History of a Landmark Chicago Church,” Illinois Heritage 8, no. 4 (July/August 2005), 18-19.
“College is a place of self-discovery and reinvention,” NWIndianaLife.com, May 29, 2019 (Republished in The Times (Munster, Ind.), Post-Tribune, Diverse Issues in Higher Education, The Chicago Crusader, and Black Press USA)
“Lincoln Returns to New Hampshire,” [with Robert Young], For the People: A Newsletter of the Abraham Lincoln Association, 18, No. 3 (Fall 2016), 5.
“Liberal Arts Teach Critical Thinking Skills,” [with Mark Hoyert] The Times (Munster, Ind.), July 26, 2016.
“Rip Van Winkle returns to the rink, discovers a revolution,” Let’s Play Hockey (Eden Prairie, Minn.), Vol. 44, No. 24, (March 17, 2016), 4.
“Imagining the twilight of Abraham Lincoln’s life,” The Times (Munster, Ind.), January 10, 2016.
“Two founders died on nation's 50th birthday,” The Times (Munster, Ind.), July 4, 2008.
“Declaration of Independence guided Lincoln,” (Online version: “What Honest Abe honestly thought of the Declaration of Independence”) The Times (Munster, Ind.), July 4, 2007.
“Charles Carroll,” “Fraunces’ Tavern,” and “Liberty Incident,” Encyclopedia of the American Revolutionary War: A Political, Social, and Military History. Eds. Gregory Fremont-Barnes and Richard A. Ryerson (Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 2006).
“Love, humanity resonate in slavery’s story,” Journal-Courier (Jacksonville, Ill.), February 15, 2004.
Podcast Appearance, “President John Quincy Adams,” American History Hit, October 12, 2023.
Podcast Appearance, “President John Adams,” American History Hit, August 16, 2023.
Guest Editor, South Shore Journal, Vol. 5 (2013)
Guest Editor, Illinois Heritage, 10. no. 3 (May-June 2007)
Sylvia E. Bowman Award for Distinguished Teaching, Indiana University (2018)
FACET Innovate Awards Finalist for Collaborative Activities [with Joseph Ferrandino], Faculty Academy on Excellence in Teaching, Indiana University (2018)
Founders’ Day Teaching Award, Indiana University Northwest (2012)
Inducted as member of the Faculty Academy on Excellence in Teaching, Indiana University (2011)
Trustees’ Teaching Award, Indiana University Northwest (2010, 2012)
Dewey E. Wilkins Award for Excellence in Teaching, MacMurray College (2005)