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COSSPP History Series: Reubin O’D. Askew School of Public Administration and Policy 

The Reubin O’D. Askew School of Public Administration and Policy is a pillar of the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy (COSSPP) at Florida State University. Florida State was one of the earliest institutions in the country to teach public administration, beginning in the 1930s when the university was named the Florida State College […]

COSSPP History Series: Department of Economics

Florida State University’s Department of Economics is the largest in the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy at Florida State University. Economics has a long and impressive history at Florida State University. The first economics-related course, Political Economy, was taught in 1899 when FSU was known as the Seminary West of the Suwannee River. In 1926, the Department of Commerce and Economics was established at the Florida State College for Women, and in 1947, the department became two separate units. 

COSSPP Alumni Spotlight: Madeleine Siegel

Madeleine Siegel – a first-year Juris Doctor candidate at FSU College of Law and a COSSPP alumna (B.S. Interdisciplinary Social Science and Spanish ’21) – currently serves as the Chair of FSU’s Law School Council, where she facilitates all operations, such as ensuring funding requests are distributed properly and equitably among student organizations. 

Keon-Hyung Lee Named Director of the Reubin O’D. Askew School of Public Administration and Policy

Arnold L. and Priscilla Moss Greenfield Eminent Scholar Chair in Public Debt Management Keon-Hyung Lee, Ph.D., has been named the new Director of the Reubin O’D. Askew School of Public Administration and Policy for a three-year term.