With recent hires in the College of Medicine and the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy, Florida State University has doubled the number of its faculty who are members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, a prestigious organization that unites leading researchers from around the country.
“Florida State University is a leading research university and an excellent place to grow an academic career,” said FSU President Richard McCullough. “Our ability to attract these esteemed faculty members is a testament to that commitment.”
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, or NASEM, are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Their work helps shape sound policies, inform public opinion and advance the pursuit of science, engineering and medicine.
The university now counts 12 NASEM members among its faculty, an increase from six in 2024.
“These National Academy members want to be a part of FSU because the administration, faculty and students value their contributions and the opportunity to collaborate,” said Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Jim Clark.
This year, FSU added National Academy member A. Stewart Fotheringham to the Department of Geography in the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy.
Fotheringham is the Krafft Professor of Spatial Data Science and the director of the Spatial Data Science Center. His research focuses on the analysis of spatial data sets using statistical, mathematical and computational methods, which he applies to topics such as health data, crime patterns, migration and more.
Professor Emerita Jill Quadagno in the Department of Sociology held the Mildred and Claude Pepper Eminent Scholar Chair in Social Gerontology.
Bailey is a professor in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine and co-director of the Institute for Connecting Nutrition and Health. Stover is a professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences and co-director of the Institute for Connecting Nutrition and Health.
The number of National Academy members on the faculty is an important factor for institutional membership in the Association of American Universities, or AAU, a group of leading research universities.
Below are the COSSPP National Academy members who are working on game-changing research across campus:
National Academy of Sciences
- A. Stewart Fotheringham, Department of Geography, Krafft Professor of Spatial Data Science and Director of FSU’s new Spatial Data Science Center, College of Social Sciences and Public Policy
National Academy of Medicine
- Professor Emerita Jill Quadagno, Department of Sociology, College of Social Sciences and Public Policy
To learn more about FSU’s Department of Geography, visit cosspp.fsu.edu/geography. To learn more about FSU’s Department of Sociology, visit cosspp.fsu.edu/sociology.