Dr. Jeffrey Gaab is Professor of History in the History, Politics, and Geography department. After earning his Bachelor's degree from Hofstra University, he studied in Munich, Germany and earned his Master's and Ph.D. degrees from the State University of New York at Stony Brook (SUNY), specializing in modern German and postwar European history. Dr. Gaab joined the faculty of Farmingdale State College in 1991. He has published in modern European and German history with a specialty in Bavarian history and culture. Dr. Gaab's books include
Justice Delayed: The Denazification of the Bavarian Legal System under American Occupation 1945-1949 (Peter Lang 1999); and
Munich: Hofbrauhaus and History (Peter Lang 2006). Professor Gaab was also the winner of the prestigious SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2006, as well as Research Fellowships from the German Academic Exchange Service (
DAAD), Fulbright Agency, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Dr. Gaab has taught courses at Nassau Community College, Hofstra University, and was a Faculty Associate at New York University through the Faculty Resource Network.
Dr. Gaab is completing a new book on the history of Munich's famous Oktoberfest ( Oktoberfest: An Historical Review), to be published by Peter Lang Publishers in 2026..
Dr. Gaab is completing a new book on the history of Munich's famous Oktoberfest ( Oktoberfest: An Historical Review), to be published by Peter Lang Publishers in 2026..
Courses Taught
HIS 114 Western Civilization IHIS 115 Western Civilization II
HIS 212 Modern World History
HIS 217 Medieval World and the West
HIS 243: Science and the West
HIS 270 Genocide in the Twentieth Century
HIS 305 Culture and Technology in England
HIS 307 Germany in the Modern Age
HIS 308 The Global Wars
HIS 310 Technology and Society in Russia 1917 to Present
HIS 326 Pandemics and Disasters in History
HIS 320 Europe Since the Industrial Revolution
POL 250 American Politics
GEO 231: Europe and its Peoples