This month, out speaker is Professor Craig Coenen. Dr. Craig Coenen is a professor at Mercer County Community College and is currently the interim director of the Mercer County Holocaust, Genocide & Human Rights Education Center. Dr. Coenen was appointed interim director of the Mercer County Holocaust, Genocide & Human Rights Education Center on July 1, 2026. He previously served as director from spring 2015 through fall 2019. After earning his Ph.D. in American history from Lehigh University in 2001, Mercer County Community College hired him as a professor in December 2002. Craig teaches all sorts of history classes at Mercer including the Holocaust and Other Genocides. In 2005, the University of Tennessee Press published Craig’s book, From Sandlots to the Super Bowl: The National Football League, 1920-1967. In addition, he has written articles, co-edited books, and given talks on topics such as James Bond, presidential elections, and the Holocaust as exhibited in Polish museums. He has led four Mercer study abroad trips to Poland to study the Holocaust and has been to Poland, Germany, and the Czech Republic many other times to study World War II sites, including week-long seminars at Auschwitz-Birkenau in 2019 and 2022.Please join us for our monthly breakfast. We will have the usual bagels, lox, coffee and, of course, camaraderie.

This month, out speaker is Professor Craig Coenen. Dr. Craig Coenen is a professor at Mercer County Community College and is currently the interim director of the Mercer County Holocaust, Genocide & Human Rights Education Center. Dr. Coenen was appointed interim director of the Mercer County Holocaust, Genocide & Human Rights Education Center on July 1, 2026. He previously served as director from spring 2015 through fall 2019. After earning his Ph.D. in American history from Lehigh University in 2001, Mercer County Community College hired him as a professor in December 2002. Craig teaches all sorts of history classes at Mercer including the Holocaust and Other Genocides. In 2005, the University of Tennessee Press published Craig’s book, From Sandlots to the Super Bowl: The National Football League, 1920-1967. In addition, he has written articles, co-edited books, and given talks on topics such as James Bond, presidential elections, and the Holocaust as exhibited in Polish museums. He has led four Mercer study abroad trips to Poland to study the Holocaust and has been to Poland, Germany, and the Czech Republic many other times to study World War II sites, including week-long seminars at Auschwitz-Birkenau in 2019 and 2022. … Show More