Ballyhoo: Black Realtors, the NAACP, and Environmental Inequality in New Jersey’s Capitol City, 1950-1960 By Samuel JohnSite Description:Coalport was a small neighborhood in Trenton, New Jersey. By the 1950s the neighborhood found itself home to a number of...
From Resistance to Gentrification: Community Gardens and their Role in Producing Gentrification
From Resistance to Gentrification: Community Gardens and their Role in Producing Gentrification by Alvaro Martins-LambeSite Description:In the 1970s, Manhattans Lower East Side was a hotbed for politics. Artists, activist and developers were fighting to stake their...
Mapping the West Orange NJ Divide: The Disproportionate Risk of Flooding in Low-Income Communities (1999 – Present)
Mapping The West Orange Divide: The Disproportionate Impact of Flooding on Low-Income Communities (1999-Present) by Jordan AmayaSite Description:In West Orange, New Jersey there is a great disparity of class seen between the Hillside and The Valley neighborhoods....
Is Your Baby Drinking Metal?: The Effect of Lead being in the Water System of Newark, NJ on Maternal and Fetal Health from 2017-2021.
Is Your Baby Drinking Metal?: The Effect of Lead being in the Water System of Newark, NJ on Maternal and Fetal Health from 2017-2021. by Avelinn KraftSite Description:The Newark water system from 2017-2021 dealt with a major problem involving lead exposure and...
An Isolated Wasteland: Latter-20th Century Newark’s Battle of Health vs. Housing Developments
An Isolated Wasteland: Latter-20th Century Newark's Battle of Health vs. Housing Developments by Isiah ChristieSite Description:In the latter half of the 20th century, Newark’s Central Ward was home to various public housing developments shaped by the Newark Housing...
Contaminated Water Below: The Spread of Volatile Organic Compounds In Fair Lawn & Radburn Water Well Systems, 1950s-1970s
Contaminated Water Below: The Spread of Volatile Organic Compounds In Fair Lawn & Radburn Water Well Systems, 1950s-1970s by Alec DomkofskiSite Description:Fair Lawn’s industrial background during the 1950s to 1970s had direct consequences within environments,...
The Perfect Storm: A Legacy of Pollution and Modern Flooding of Manville, NJ
The Perfect Storm: How Hazardous Waste Cleanups from the 1980s-2000s Exacerbate the Dangers of Modern Flooding in Manville, NJ By Brock ShahinianSite Description:I am studying how the legacy of pollution impacts the current flooding problems in Manville, NJ. An...
The Path of Least Resistance: I-280 and the Fragmentation of Newark, New Jersey’s Marginalized Communities, 1955–1980
The Path of Least Resistance: I-280 and the Fragmentation of Newark, New Jersey’s Marginalized Communities, 1955–1980 by Joseph RassSite Description:This study examines the I-280 highway corridor (East-West Freeway) in Newark, New Jersey. Its construction continued...
Deciding Who Breathes Dirty Air: External Power and Everyday Life in Camden, 2000s-Present
Deciding Who Breathes Dirty Air: External Power and Everyday Life in Camden, 1960s-Present by Maya SchaefleinSite Description: Waterfront South is a small, predominantly Black and Latino, working-class neighborhood in Camden, New Jersey, located along the Delaware...
The Line Between National Security and Local Consequences: The Environmental and Social Impacts of Ground Water Contamination in Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, 2016-2025
The Line Between National Security and Local Consequences: The Environmental, Social and Legal Impacts of Ground Water Contamination in Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, 2016-2025 by Melany CaceresSite Description: Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst is a vast military...