College of Social Sciences and Public Policy
at Florida State University
The College of Social Sciences and Public Policy seeks a graduate assistant with exceptional writing and editing skills and a strong interest in organizational social media management and visual content creation.
Reporting to the Director of Communications, this role will support the College’s overall communications strategy.
Apply for FSU’s graduate certificate in Digital Applied Social Science (DASS) by April 1 to develop advanced research and problem-solving skills.
Tzu-An Chiang, a Ph.D. candidate with FSU’s Reubin O’D. Askew School of Public Administration and Policy recently collaborated with Daniel Fay, Ph.D., on a research article titled “Governance reorganization and resilience: the case of Florida higher education systems.” The study, published on October 4, 2025, in Public Management Review, examines whether decision-making authority should lie with universities or with state leaders.
This year’s Seminole 100, selected by the Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship in partnership with FSU’s Alumni Association, featured businesses owned or led by outstanding FSU alumni, honoring 39 alumni from FSU’s College of Social Sciences and Public Policy.
Four undergraduate students in Florida State University’s Department of Economics — Ibraheem Saqib Ellahi, Gavin Locke, Jack Frable and Mariana Hernandez — received Fall 2025 scholarships in recognition of outstanding achievement in core and upper-division economics coursework. The Department of Economics has several merit-based scholarship opportunities for undergraduates. The Reva Daniels Metzinger Scholarship is awarded to two people per semester. The William […]
On January 30, 2026, Florida State University’s Reubin O’D. Askew School of Public Administration & Policy hosted its Economic Mobility & Opportunity Summit in the Student Union Ballroom, bringing together students, faculty, practitioners, and community partners to examine research-driven strategies to improve economic mobility.
Florida State University’s College of Social Sciences and Public Policy (COSSPP) and Emergency Management and Homeland Security (EMHS) program are offering a new degree and majors for students interested in strengthening community safety and security.
Two Florida State University faculty members have been named among the world’s most highly cited researchers, a distinction that places them in the top 1% of scientists and scholars whose work has had the greatest influence in their fields. Department of Psychology Professor Thomas Joiner and Department of Geography Professor A. Stewart Fotheringham were recognized by the analytics […]
Two students from Florida State University’s Reubin O’D. Askew School of Public Administration and Policy have been selected as 2026 American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Founders’ Fellows, joining just 35 students worldwide.
The Florida Center for Public Management (FCPM) at Florida State University celebrated a major step in expanding its collaborative learning environments with the opening of its new Certified Public Manager (CPM) Training Room, honoring the occasion with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on January 26, 2026.
