College of Social Sciences and Public Policy
at Florida State University
Graduate programs within the college also recognition in this year’s U.S. News & World Report Rankings.
On March 23, 2025, faculty, staff, and students from FSU’s Center for Demography and Population Health (CDPH) joined in celebration of successful students and the birthday of Charles B. Nam, Ph.D., the center’s founder.
FSU’s College of Social Sciences and Public Policy (COSSPP) launched the Barnebey Leadership Lecture Series with the inaugural talk by Jorge Gonzalez on February 28, 2025.
Gonzalez (B.S. Political Science ’87; M.S. Urban & Reginal Planning ’89) shared wisdom on leadership with FSU students, faculty, and staff. Currently serving as the chief executive officer of The St. Joe Company and as a member of FSU’s Board of Trustees, he spoke about principles of leadership and encouraging team growth that can be applied to any field.
The Annual Charles B. Nam Lecture in the Sociology of Population, hosted by the Center for Demography and Population Health (CDPH) on Friday, March 21, brought students and faculty together to hear from David F. Warner, Ph.D., a professor of sociology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
The College of Social Sciences and Public Policy invites our Spring 2025 graduates and their families and friends to join us for a come-and-go reception in Bellamy’s First Floor Atrium on the afternoon of Friday, May 3, from 10 – 2 p.m., the day before Commencement!
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.”
Florida State University’s Career Center will hold a conference designed to connect students with 30 distinguished alumni, including COSSPP alumni, across leading public service organizations on Tuesday, Feb. 18.
Join us for the inaugural Mark and Marianne Barnebey Leadership Lecture Series talk by Jorge Gonzalez on Friday, February 28, at 2 p.m. in the Starry Conference Room (RBB 214), followed by a reception at 3 p.m. The talk, “Lessons on Leadership with JOE President Jorge Gonzalez,” will provide students and community members insights from […]
Oleksandra Matviichuk, one of the most prominent human rights defenders in Ukraine and head of the Center for Civil Liberties (CCL), will be presenting at Florida State University. CCL is the first Ukrainian organization to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, which it won in 2022. Matviichuk will present “Defending Democracy and Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom,” followed […]
Join the Center for Demography and Population Health on Friday, March 21, 2025, for the annual Charles B. Nam Lecture in the Sociology of Population. This year’s lecture will cover the topic “Disparities in Epilepsy among U.S. Older Adults: New Data and New Directions in Incidence-based Studies.”
