geography

COSSPP Welcomes New Eminent Scholar Chairs and Endowed Professors for Fall 2024

Published: | 2:45 pm | Posted in: Faculty/Staff, News

The College of Social Science and Public Policy has announced two eminent scholar chairs and six endowed professorships for Fall 2024. These faculty members were chosen for these positions across the College to support Florida State University’s mission to conduct innovative research and provide high-quality instruction.

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Anne Chin joins FSU as Department Chair and Harrison V. Chase Distinguished Professor of Geography

Published: | 5:17 pm | Posted in: Faculty/Staff, News

Anne Chin, Ph.D., joined FSU’s faculty as the Department of Geography’s new chair and the Harrison V. Chase Distinguished Professor of Geography on July 22, 2024. 

“After having anticipated coming to FSU for months it is great to be here at last,” Dr. Chin said. “I’m excited to join my colleagues to transform our department and accelerate our work toward meeting the many pressing social and environmental challenges of the world.”

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Apply to COSSPP’s prestigious Social Science Scholar program’s 2025 cohort

Published: | 3:00 pm | Posted in: News, Research, Students

Apply for the College’s prestigious Social Science Scholars program online by Friday, October 4 at bit.ly/2025sssp.  

The Social Science Scholars Program provides career-accelerating leadership training and experiences to 18 outstanding COSSPP undergraduate students with a major in the College, cumulative GPA of 3.3 or higher, participation in on-campus, community, and/or business organizations, and is graduating no sooner than the Fall 2025 Semester.

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COSSPP Celebrates 50 Years of Excellence

Published: | 1:00 pm | Posted in: Alumni News, Faculty/Staff, News, Students

Established as the College of Social Sciences in the fall of 1973 as part of a university-wide academic reorganization, our college began with just five departments: economics, geography, government (now political science), sociology, and urban and regional planning.

There’s been much growth over the years, with 12 departments and interdisciplinary programs now housed within the college, along with 11 centers and institutes.

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COSSPP History Series: Department of Geography

Published: | 10:30 am | Posted in: Faculty/Staff, News

Florida State University’s Department of Geography has been a long-standing institution at FSU, existing as a department since 1946 with roots going even further back. FSU was established in 1851, then called Seminary West of the Suwannee River. After the Civil War, the institution taught primary and secondary schoolers, and classes on descriptive geography and physical geography were made available in 1887. Seminary West became Florida State College in 1901, and geography was taught at the college level in the 1903-1904 school year. The Department of History and Geography at Florida State College for Women was officially established in 1924.  

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