Faculty/Staff

Success Through COSSPP Specialized Faculty Professional Development Fund: Doug Norton, Ph.D.

Published: | 11:48 am | Posted in: Faculty/Staff, News

Doug Norton, Ph.D., specialized faculty in the Department of Economics and director of the Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) program at Florida State University, attended the week-long Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) Graduate Workshop at Chapman University this past June with the support of the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy’s (COSSPP) Specialized Faculty Professional Development Program.

Department of Geography Hosts December 2025 Colloquium

Published: | 11:16 am | Posted in: Faculty/Staff, News, Research That Works, Students

FSU’s Geography Department hosted their monthly Colloquium on Friday, December 5, 2025. The event, titled, “Estimating the Impact of Drone Strikes on Civilians using Call Detail Records” was a lecture based event hosted by Aidan Milliff, Ph.D., an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at FSU. The Colloquium was followed by a social […]

COSSPP Professor Helps Unveil Innovative Tool to Measure Healthy Aging

Published: | 4:16 pm | Posted in: Faculty/Staff, News, Research That Works

A Florida State University College of Social Sciences and Public Policy researcher is part of a pioneering team that has developed a new measure to understand and support healthy aging, with the potential to change how health care workers, employers, and policymakers assist older adults in remaining active and engaged.

ISS Assistant Teaching Professor Receives American Sociological Association Award

Published: | 11:00 am | Posted in: Faculty/Staff, News, Research That Works

FSU Interdisciplinary Social Science Assistant Teaching Professor Maria Cristina Ramos, Ph.D., was awarded the Outstanding Recent Contribution Award from the American Sociological Association’s (ASA) Social Psychology Section.

Her first-author article, titled “Identity Networks as a New Frontier: Conceptualizing, Mapping, and Analyzing Identity Structures and Their Impact on Well-Being,” offers a cohesive approach to addressing sociology’s fragmented efforts to conceptualize, measure, and examine identity structures as networks. In this article, Dr. Ramos takes a network-based approach to capture identity structures.

Research Spotlight: Ready for the Next Storm? An Analysis of Florida’s Hurricane Preparedness for its Residents with Disabilities

Published: | 10:37 am | Posted in: Alumni News, Faculty/Staff, News, Research That Works

Anne Barrett, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, Mildred and Claude Pepper Eminent Scholar, co-authored “Ready for the next storm? An analysis of Florida’s hurricane preparedness for its residents with disabilities,” alongside fellow FSU researchers: sociology doctoral candidate Hope Mimbs, sociology doctoral student Brianna Soulie, and postdoctoral scholar Jessica Noblitt. The team also collaborated with independent researcher Cherish Michael. Their study was published in the Journal of Elder Policy (2024). The following summary was written by Kharisma Langston (M.S. Integrated Marketing and Management Communication ’26).

FSU Integrated Studies Professor Emelie Griffin Wins National Poetry Award

Published: | 2:39 pm | Posted in: Faculty/Staff, News

Emelie Griffin, Ph.D., – FSU Integrated Studies Professor – was named the Spring 2025 Black River Chapbook Competition winner by Black Lawrence Press for her poetry collection California Pompeii.

She was selected from a competitive pool of applicants for this national award recognizing outstanding literary work, which will lead to the publication of her chapbook in February 2027.