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Kean Grad Overcomes Obstacles to Become Motivational Speaker
Kean Grad Overcomes Obstacles to Become Motivational Speaker
Brad Butler II experienced his parents’ substance abuse, his own academic struggles and finances so strained he sometimes slept in his car when he couldn’t afford the gas to drive home. But the Kean alumnus used those challenges as motivation and is now an award-winning motivational speaker, student advocate and success coach.
Q&A: Frank Argote-Freyre, Ph.D., Demystifies the Electoral College
Q&A: Frank Argote-Freyre, Ph.D., Demystifies the Electoral College
When does the Electoral College vote? Do electors get paid? How is the presidential electoral process working this year? Frank Argote-Freyre, Ph.D., a Kean associate professor of history and former elector sheds light on this hot topic.
Q&A: A Recipe for Dealing with Family Friction at Thanksgiving
Q&A: A Recipe for Dealing with Family Friction at Thanksgiving
Roxanne Ruiz-Adams, DSW, LCSW, is a lecturer in the Kean University Department of Graduate Social Work in Nathan Weiss Graduate College and has a family therapy practice in Montclair. Kean News talked with her about how to manage family conflict at Thanksgiving, whether your family is coming together virtually or in small, in-person gatherings.
Goodbye ‘Glass Ceiling,’ Hello ‘360-Degree Gender Sphere’
Goodbye ‘Glass Ceiling,’ Hello ‘360-Degree Gender Sphere’
Kean management Lecturer Dawn Adams-Harmon, DM, has developed a new theory for the invisible barrier to women’s career advancement in STEM fields, with research findings that replace the “glass ceiling” with a “360-Degree Gender Sphere.”
Q&A: New Jersey Is a Leader on Environmental Justice
Q&A: New Jersey Is a Leader on Environmental Justice
Kean sociology Professor Celene Krauss, Ph.D., an expert on the intersection of gender, race, class and environmental justice, spoke to Kean News about environmental justice, the role of women, and the impact of Black Lives Matter.
Kean Students Are Ballot Bowl Champs
Kean Students Are Ballot Bowl Champs
Kean University student voter registration efforts were among the most successful in the state this year. The University won top honors in the New Jersey Secretary of State’s 2020 Ballot Bowl.
Kean Galleries Focus on Democracy This Fall
Kean Galleries Focus on Democracy This Fall
Kean Galleries is shining a light on democracy and politics as gallery spaces across the main Kean University campus feature exhibitions on voting, immigration, and political graphics and cartooning.
Q&A: What We’re Learning as the Presidential Votes Are Tallied
Q&A: What We’re Learning as the Presidential Votes Are Tallied
Vicky Cannon, Ph.D., executive director of Kean's School of Social Sciences, says the presidential election results so far show some surprises and raise important concerns about the future of our democracy.
New Kean Postdoctoral Fellowship Program Aims to Create Equity
New Kean Postdoctoral Fellowship Program Aims to Create Equity
Kean University has launched the Equity in Action Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship Program to enhance its standing as one of the most diverse universities in the nation and attract a diverse group of postgraduate students with two-year fellowships to teach and conduct research at Kean.
Kean Students Land Top Awards at Research Conference
Kean Students Land Top Awards at Research Conference
Fourteen Kean School of Computer Science and Technology students presented at the Great Minds in STEM national conference and two won first-place honors.