College of Social Sciences and Public Policy
at Florida State University
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.
Congratulations to the 24 COSSPP alumni, as well as all 2025 Seminole 100 honorees, recognized for being among the fastest-growing and most profitable businesses owned by Florida State University alumni. This year’s Seminole 100, chosen by the Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship, in partnership with FSU’s Alumni Association, featured 24 businesses owned or operated […]
Florida State University’s College of Social Sciences and Public Policy celebrated its 2024 class of Distinguished Alumni – John Dailey, Renisha Gibbs, Vincent Long, and Kathy Mears – at the Distinguished Alumni Gala on Tuesday, February 4.
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 […]
