Christopher Verga is an instructor in Long Island history, Foundations of American history at Suffolk Community College, and an adjunct at John Jay College, teaching Politics of Terrorism. Christopher Verga is a contributing columnist in Fire Island News and Greater Long Island Media. His published works include Civil Rights on Long Island (Images of America, Arcadia Publishing), Saving Fire Island from Robert Moses (The History Press), World War II Long Island: The Homefront in Nassau and Suffolk, Cold War Long Island (The History Press), Fergurson Brothers Lynching: Catalyst for Civil Rights (The History Press) and the forthcoming book Nazi of Yaphank New York (The History Press). Christopher has a doctorate in education from St. John’s University. His dissertation work included studies of Long Island Native Americans and the impact of tribal recognition on their cultural identity.