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.
Students, alumni, faculty, and staff gathered at the Jim Moran Building for the program’s annual MAAPP at the Cap event on March 27.
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.
Seven College of Social Science and Public Policy (COSSPP) faculty – Amid Ardakani, Ph.D. Will Butler, Ph.D., Karen Cyphers, Ph.D., Maria Cristina Ramos, Ph.D., Annette Schwabe, Ph.D., Ladanya Ramirez Surmeier, Ph.D., and Tracy Woodard, Ph.D.– received University Teaching Awards for the 2024-2025 school year.
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 College of Social Sciences and Public Policy has announced its 2025 Faculty Research, Teaching, and Service Award recipients.
Flowing from the COSSPP Strategic Plan, the college has developed a COSSPP Faculty Awards Series to honor high-achieving faculty in the areas of teaching, research, and service.
The Tallahassee Democrat named five COSSPP graduates — Robyn Metcalf Blank, Sue Ebbers, Ph.D., Sara Hassler, Emily Saras, Ph.D., and Jacquelyn Colson Steele — to its 2025 class of “25 Women to Know” on March 1.
The News Service of Florida honored 40 Florida businessmen and women on its annual “40 Under 40” list, 11 of whom are COSSPP alumni. This year’s honorees bring a “youthful perspective” to some of the state’s most significant industries—including law, land use, and education—and Florida’s legacy institutions.
LeRoy Collins Eminent Scholar in Civic Education and Political Science and Director of the LeRoy Collins Institute Lonna Atkeson, Ph.D., co-authored “The Costs of Voting and Voter Confidence” with Florida State University alumnus Eli McKown-Dawson (B.S. Political Science ’24) and Rice University Professor of Political Science Robert M. Stein. Professor of Political Science Robert M. Stein.
FSU’s College of Social Sciences & Public Policy and College of Communication & Information have teamed up to offer a new innovative graduate certificate program that prepares students with the cutting-edge digital tools at the intersection of data science and social science.
