Faculty/Staff

FSU Students to Develop Innovative Solutions in ‘Rapid Relocation’ 24-Hour Design Sprint

Florida State University’s Innovation Hub and College of Social Sciences and Public Policy (COSSPP) will host a 24-Hour Design Sprint for all FSU students focused on “Rapid Relocation: Enhancing Emergency Evacuation in Florida” starting Friday, January 31.

Spring 2025 COSSPP Faculty & Staff Photo Day

Our College’s faculty and staff photo days for Spring have been rescheduled to Wednesday, Feb. 19, and Thursday, Feb. 20, from 10 am to 2 pm in Communications Ground Floor Studio (Bellamy 042). Photos are taken on a walk-in basis. On Wednesday, studio and outside backgrounds will be offered. On Thursday, only the studio background […]

Two FSU Professors Part of Widespread National Coverage on Lead Exposure Study

Two Florida State University sociology professors Michael McFarland, Ph.D., and Mathew Hauer, Ph.D., are part of a research group that led a groundbreaking and widely-covered study on the negative effects of lead in gasoline that resulted in millions of psychiatric disorders over the past 75 years.

In New Book, Professor Ryan Owens Explores the Impact of Cognitive Aging on Federal Judges

Professor of Political Science and Director of the Florida Institute for Governance and Civics, Ryan Owens, Ph.D., recently published a book that explores the impact of cognitive aging on federal judges.  Dr. Owens co-authored Cognitive Aging and the Federal Circuit Courts: How Senescence Influences the Law and Judges with Ryan C. Black, Ph.D., Professor of […]

Research Spotlight: “Political Influencers and Their Social Media Audiences during the 2021 Arizona Audit”

Kyle Rose, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Sociology, was the lead author of “Political Influencers and Their Social Media Audiences during the 2021 Arizona Audit,” published in Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World. This article was co-authored with Deana A. Rohlinger, Ph.D., professor of Sociology at FSU. The following summary was written by Jyana O’Donnell (B.A. English ‘26) and Rachel Lechwar (M.S. Communication Science and Disorders ’26).

COSSPP Celebrates Fall 2024 Graduates at Commencement Day Celebration

The College of Social Sciences and Public Policy invites our Fall 2024 graduates and their families and friends to join us for a come-and-go reception in Bellamy’s First Floor Atrium on the morning of Friday, December 13, from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., the day of Commencement!