Learn more about rising sea levels, the critical role of dunes along the Jersey Shore and innovative strategies to address climate challenges with Kean Assistant Professor Dr. Jun Cheng, Ph.D. on our latest episode of Urban Impact.

Urban Impact is recorded and produced at Kean, New Jersey’s urban research university. The podcast is now available on all major podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google, and at kean.edu/urban-impact.

On this episode of Urban Impact, geologist and Kean University Assistant Professor Jun Cheng, Ph.D., takes us “down the shore” to discuss how the changing climate is impacting one of New Jersey’s most iconic and treasured landscapes: its beaches. 

Urban Impact is recorded and produced at Kean, New Jersey’s urban research university. The podcast is now available on all major podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google, and at kean.edu/urban-impact.

On Season Two’s third episode, Urban Impact takes a dive into the controversial topic of carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) with Nicky Sheats, Ph.D., J.D., director of the Center for the Urban Environment at the John S. Watson Institute for Urban Policy and Research at Kean. Sheats breaks down the problems with CCS from an environmental justice point of view and why plans to implement it will likely disproportionately impact low-income neighborhoods and communities of color.

Urban Impact is recorded and produced at Kean, New Jersey’s urban research university. The podcast is now available on all major podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google, and at kean.edu/urban-impact.

On Season Two’s second episode of Urban Impact, we explore environmental justice with Nicky Sheats, Ph.D., J.D., director of the Center for the Urban Environment at the John S. Watson Institute for Urban Policy and Research at Kean. Sheats explains the disproportionate impact of pollution on low-income neighborhoods and communities of color; how the Canadian wildfires brought a visual element to understanding pollution; and why measuring one pollutant at a time is part of the problem.

Urban Impact is recorded and produced at Kean, New Jersey’s urban research university. The podcast is now available on all major podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google, and at kean.edu/urban-impact.

Kean Launches Season 2 of the Urban Impact Podcast with architect and Michael Graves College Dean David Mohney to discuss the role of architecture and design in community engagement and health. 

Urban Impact is recorded and produced at Kean, New Jersey’s urban research university. The podcast is now available on all major podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google, and at kean.edu/urban-impact.

On the 10th and final episode of Season One of Kean University’s podcast, Urban Impact, hosts Michael Salvatore, Ph.D., and Barbara George Johnson, JD, recall their favorite moments from the first season. Take a listen and hear what caught their attention as the podcast’s season draws to a close.

On the ninth episode of Urban Impact, astrophysicist and Kean Associate Professor David Joiner, Ph.D., pulls back the curtain on artificial intelligence, revealing its current limitations, flaws and even potential biases.

On the eighth episode of Urban Impact, English professor and director of the Master of Arts in Writing Studies program, Mia Zamora, Ph.D., discusses the potential impact of artificial intelligence in the classroom and why she believes a humanistic approach is critical to working with emerging technologies like A.I.

Urban Impact is recorded and produced at Kean, New Jersey’s urban research university.

On the7th episode of Urban Impact, Ana I. Berdecia, director of the Center for the Positive Development of Urban Children at the John S. Watson Institute for Urban Policy and Research at Kean University, discusses the impact teachers have when they embrace the different cultures of their students and why stepping up cultural celebrations and measures that embrace diversity are key to engaging students on a deeper level.

On the 6th episode of Urban Impact, Senior Vice President for Entrepreneurial Education Initiatives Sancha Gray, Ed.D., discusses how intentionally developing programs that engage families in the education of their children supercharges positive outcomes, increases graduation rates and has the potential to disrupt the cycle of poverty in families.