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Community Conversations
Full text linkIn the winter and spring of 2023, the John S. Watson Institute for Urban Policy and Research at Kean University, in partnership with New Jersey Legislative Black Caucus, under the leadership of the Honorable Assemblywoman Shavonda E. Sumter, hosted a series of community conversations to bolster the statewide urban policy agenda on collaborative, evidence-informed solutions to prevent and reduce violence in urban centers and for all New Jerseyans.
These conversations were held at Kean University in Union Township and in four member cities of the New Jersey Urban Mayors Association (NJUMA): Atlantic City, Bridgeton, Camden, and Trenton. Additionally, we facilitated two round-table discussions with members of Region One, including the New Jersey Chapter of the National Organization for Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE), and with partner stakeholders based in and around Paterson.
This series brought together resident leaders, state, county, and municipal government representatives, community-based, non-profit, and non-governmental organizations with local, regional, and national portfolios, and academic experts to champion a commitment to community wellness and safety. These conversations consisted of panels of organizers and elected officials. They thought- leaders — many of whom were themselves born and raised in the cities with which we collaborated — and provided community members with the opportunity to share their thoughts with panelists about their life experiences and the issues, topics, concerns, and ideas important to them
What is Liberalism? A Mixed-Method Study of Ideology and Representation in Latin American Party Systems
No full textWhat is the concept of liberalism? Despite being a conceptually contested term, political parties still label themselves liberal and seek legitimacy by joining Liberal International (LI). In this paper, I adopt a mixed-methods strategy to assess what this ideology means in Latin America. First, I rely on economic and political theory to propose four potential components of liberalism: private property, liberal democracy, non-conformism, and social justice. Then, I search for these components in the declaration of principles of all the region’s LI members. Next, I assess liberals’ relative support for these components by comparing the attitudes of their elites and voters to those of conservatives and socialists in Paraguay, Honduras, and Nicaragua. This paper finds that liberal democracy is the only core component of liberalism in Latin America. Even though non-conformism and social justice are widely mentioned in political documents, their support among elites and voters is context-dependent. These results emphasize the contestability of liberalism while shedding light on what unites liberals in Latin America
Bills introduced by Mr. Kean
Full text linkA document explaining the different bills introduced by Robert Winthrop Kean in the 84th Congress, 2nd Session for the years 1955 & 1956.https://digitalcommons.kean.edu/cp_rwk_bills/1000/thumbnail.jp
Chemometric Modeling of Emerging Materials for the Removal of Environmental Pollutants
No full textWidespread usage of pharmaceuticals, personal care products (PPCPs), and agrochemicals followed by the release of household waste, industrial and hospital wastes has affected the environment and ecosystems immensely. These toxic chemicals are primarily classified under contaminants of emerging concerns (CEC) and/or environmental pollutants (EPs). Due to their harmful effects, timely removal of these EPs is an utmost requirement under risk management of the environment. A series of traditional techniques are accepted by the environmental organization to remove these products from the environment. Adsorption is one of the low-budget, easy to perform, and efficient approaches. With the advancement of nanotechnology, materials like carbon nanotubes (CNTs), magnetic nanoparticles, modified activated carbons/biochar, clay polycations, polyamide nanofilters (PNF), etc. have emerged as the materials of interest at present time. Along with the existing hazardous chemicals in the ecosystems, every day thousands of new chemicals are introduced to the environment. As a result, there is a continuous requirement for efficient materials which are capable of adsorbing these contaminants from the environment. In this perspective, chemometric-based modeling and machine learning (ML) models are shown to be capable of predicting important structural and physicochemical features that are responsible for the efficient adsorption property of these emerging materials. Once these features are identified, further modification in the structure of these materials can be performed to make them much more efficient adsorbers than the existing materials. The present chapter discusses the CECs and EPs, emerging materials in the present time, along with details about the chemometric and ML models which can be employed for modeling of the adsorption of EPs. Finally, successful case studies for the prediction of adsorption of EPs onto different emerging materials are meticulously discussed with mechanistic interpretations
Alice in Cyberspace 2024
Full text link‘Alice in Cyberspace’ Conference Nurtures Women’s Interest, Representation in Cybersecurit
Leadership in the Age of AI
Full text linkIn today\u27s world of rapid technological advancements, the nature of leadership has transformed. The rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other technologies that support AI and data analysis has reshaped industries and challenged traditional leadership models that once thrived in more predictable environments
Note of Sarah S. Kean with Susan Niemcewicz, circa 1820s
Full text linkThe following document is a note composed by Sarah Sabina Kean in which she claimed of Mrs. Niemcewicz for a balance of accounts vendue bill and bill of wine. Mrs. Kean borrowed of Mrs. Niemcewicz to enable her to pay off the Note on the E.T. Bank. A note was added at the bottom of the manuscript in Susan Niemcewicz\u27s hand that reads: Which Mrs. N gave a check for on the Elizabethtown State Bank.
This item is undated but likely composed in the 1820s.https://digitalcommons.kean.edu/lhc_1820s/1149/thumbnail.jp
Feasibility of Creating a Non-Profit and NonGovernmental Organization Cybersecurity Incident Dataset Repository Using OSINT
Full text linkOrganizations of all types are prone to cybersecurity and information security attacks. Non-Profit Organizations (NPOs) and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) are not exempt from using information technology solutions and, thus, have been the recipient victims of cyber attackers. There exist many areas and venues where data are collected to report back annually on the status and numbers of cybersecurity attacks against many sectors of our society. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) catalogs sixteen critical sectors that are considered vital to the United States. However, finding where the NPO and NGO community should reside with regard to a categorized sector is challenging. The cybersecurity incident data collected by many agencies does place a focus on the sixteen sectors. This effort and write-up will focus on the NPO and NGO communities and provide the process followed to create the data repository, categorization of attacks taxonomy, fields captured, outlets, and areas where data that is relevant to historical cybersecurity incidents in these types of agencies is available. In addition, the beginning of a running log and dataset for the NPO and NGO community will emerge to determine if this activity is feasible and can continue. A desired outcome for this effort is to make available a dataset that can be referenced by researchers, students, and leaders investigating cybersecurity risk management and analysis of the NPO and NGO sectors. In addition, this effort was started with the purpose of providing students from varied academic disciplines the opportunity to engage in practical pedagogical cybersecurity and cybercrime activity
M. Ernest Townsend Memorial Lecture Series: Guest Book and List of Speakers
Full text linkIn 1959, the institution, then Newark State College, began the first annual M. Ernest Townsend Memorial Lectures Series. It was established to make the school a cultural center and to offer the campus and local community the opportunity to hear prominent individuals on a national and international level. All guests signed their names in a guest book, which includes the names and dates of speakers between 1959 and 1987
Life During Wartime: Proactive Cybersecurity is a Humanitarian Imperative
Full text linkIn brief: Humanitarian agencies responding to conflict face massive challenges in distributing aid. Cyberattacks add to that burden. This short overview, tailored for non-technical leaders, demystifies the process and equips clouds security experts to proactively champion cloud security at non-profits, and non-governmental organizations.
Proactive Cybersecurity is a Humanitarian Imperative | CSA (cloudsecurityalliance.org