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COSSPP Professor Received North Carolina Department of Public Safety Grant

Published: | 2:53 pm | Posted in: News, Research

FSU Associate Teaching Professor of Interdisciplinary Social Science Alexandra Cockerham, Ph.D., received a grant of approximately $112,000 from the North Carolina Department of Public Safety to examine the effect of teen courts on recidivism.   Dr. Cockerham was part of a collaborative interdisciplinary study investigating the effectiveness of North Carolina’s Teen Court system as an alternative […]

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COSSPP Announces 2025 Faculty Research, Teaching, Service Award Recipients 

Published: | 2:34 pm | Posted in: Faculty/Staff, News

The College of Social Sciences and Public Policy has announced its 2025 Faculty Research, Teaching, and Service Award recipients.  

Flowing from the COSSPP Strategic Plan, the college has developed a COSSPP Faculty Awards Series to honor high-achieving faculty in the areas of teaching, research, and service.

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11 COSSPP Alumni Honored on 2025 News Service of Florida 40 Under 40

Published: | 1:30 pm | Posted in: Alumni News, News

The News Service of Florida honored 40 Florida businessmen and women on its annual “40 Under 40” list, 11 of whom are COSSPP alumni. This year’s honorees bring a “youthful perspective” to some of the state’s most significant industries—including law, land use, and education—and Florida’s legacy institutions.

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COSSPP Researchers Selected as PNAS 2024 Cozzarelli Prize Finalists 

Published: | 12:48 pm | Posted in: Faculty/Staff, News

The Center for Demography and Population Health’s (CDPH) Associate Director Mathew Hauer, Ph.D., and Sunshine Jacobs, a Ph.D. student in sociology were recently recognized as 2024 Cozzarelli Prize Finalists in recognition of their paper “Climate migration amplifies demographic change and population aging.” 

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Research Spotlight: “The Costs of Voting and Voter Confidence” 

Published: | 2:38 pm | Posted in: Faculty/Staff, News

LeRoy Collins Eminent Scholar in Civic Education and Political Science and Director of the LeRoy Collins Institute Lonna Atkeson, Ph.D., co-authored “The Costs of Voting and Voter Confidence” with Florida State University alumnus Eli McKown-Dawson (B.S. Political Science ’24) and Rice University Professor of Political Science Robert M. Stein. Professor of Political Science Robert M. Stein.  

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