College of Social Sciences and Public Policy
at Florida State University
The College of Social Sciences and Public Policy has announced 25 scholars will be joining our full-time faculty beginning in fall 2023.
Graduates, families, faculty, and staff gathered in the Bellamy Atrium on Friday, August 4, to celebrate the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy’s newest graduates. Over 400 COSSPP graduates joined Florida State University’s 400,000 living graduates worldwide.
The College of Social Sciences and Public Policy invites our Summer 2023 graduates to join us for a come-and-go reception in Bellamy’s First Floor Atrium on Commencement morning from 9 to 11 a.m.
Md. Shaharier Alam, a Master’s Student studying Geography at Florida State University, co-authored an article in the journal Natural Hazards titled, “Evacuation Dilemmas of Coastal Households During Cyclone Amphan and Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Study of the Southwestern Region of Bangladesh” with Torit Chakraborty; Md. Zakir Hossain, Ph.D.; and Khan Rubayet Rahaman, Ph.D. Below is a summary of the article written by doctoral student Martín Gandur (Ph.D. Political Science ’25).
Sarah Calzada — a recent College of Social Sciences and Public Policy alumna — landed her first job postgraduate job as an engineering technician with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
Distinguished geography Professor Dr. James B. Elsner, Ph.D., or as he’s known to his friends, Jim, retired from Florida State University this spring after devoting 33 years to research, service, and mentorship.
Join the Department of Geography for their annual Shaw Lecture “Prohibition Geographies: The War on Drugs and Socioecological Change in Central America” on Friday, April 28.
Florida State University students, employees and organizations were recognized during the annual Leadership Awards Night Tuesday, April 11.
Mark Horner, a Florida State University Department of Geography professor, has won the 2023 American Association of Geographers’ Edward L. Ullman Award. He is the first Florida State faculty member to receive the honor.
COSSPP provided a new and robust professional development opportunity – Hanover Grants Academy – for faculty in the college over the 2022-2023 academic year.
