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Research Spotlight: “Political Influencers and Their Social Media Audiences during the 2021 Arizona Audit”

Published: | 4:05 pm | Posted in: Faculty/Staff, News, Research, Students

Kyle Rose, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Sociology, was the lead author of “Political Influencers and Their Social Media Audiences during the 2021 Arizona Audit,” published in Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World. This article was co-authored with Deana A. Rohlinger, Ph.D., professor of Sociology at FSU. The following summary was written by Jyana O’Donnell (B.A. English ‘26) and Rachel Lechwar (M.S. Communication Science and Disorders ’26).

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Research Spotlight – Resilience in Complex Disasters: Florida’s Hurricane Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Amid COVID-19 

Published: | 9:00 am | Posted in: Faculty/Staff, News, Research

Florida State University Associate Professor of Public Administration Tian Tang, Ph.D., was the lead author of “Resilience in Complex Disasters: Florida’s Hurricane Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Amid COVID-19,” published in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. The article examines emerging challenges and strategies governmental and nonprofit agencies implemented during the hurricane-pandemic compound disasters of the 2020 and 2021 hurricane seasons. 

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Research Spotlight: “Identification and Prioritization of Multidimensional Resilience Factors for Incorporation in Coastal State Transportation Infrastructure Planning”

Published: | 10:40 am | Posted in: Faculty/Staff, News

Florida State University Assistant Professor Juyeong Choi, Ph.D. of FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, doctoral students Hiba Jalloul and Navid Nickdoost, and Planner-in-Residence Dennis Smith, AICP of Urban and Regional Planning, co-authored, “Identification and Prioritization of Multidimensional Resilience Factors for Incorporation in Coastal State Transportation Infrastructure Planning,” published in Natural Hazards.

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Research Spotlight: “Can Florida’s Coast Survive Its Reliance on Development? Fiscal Vulnerability and Funding Woes Under Sea Level Rise”

Published: | 10:13 am | Posted in: Faculty/Staff, News

Florida State University Associate Professors of Urban and Regional Planning, William Butler, Ph.D., Tisha Holmes, Ph.D, and doctoral student Anthony Milordis, co-authored, “Can Florida’s Coast Survive Its Reliance on Development? Fiscal Vulnerability and Funding Woes Under Sea Level Rise.” published in the Journal of the American Planning Association, one of the flagship journals of the field of urban planning.

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Research Spotlight: “Racial Slurs by Police and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms: Intrusive Policing and Perceived Injustice”

Published: | 9:56 am | Posted in: News, Research

Michael McFarland, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Sociology at Florida State University, was the lead author of “Racial Slurs by Police and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms: Intrusive Policing and Perceived Injustice” published in the Journal of Urban Health, alongside Kyleigh Moniz, a Ph.D. Sociology Student at FSU; Cheryl McFarland, Ph.D.; and Lauren Manley, M.S. The following summary was written by Anya Finley (B.S. Political Science and Philosophy ’25).

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Research Spotlight: “Militarized State-building Interventions and the Survival of Fragile States”

Published: | 9:03 pm | Posted in: News, Research

Kelly Matush, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Political Science, co-authored her thesis “Militarized State-building Interventions and the Survival of Fragile States” alongside David A. Lake, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego, which explores the variation in the stability of nations which experience militarized state-building interventions.

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Research Spotlight: “Understanding Changes in Spatial Accessibility to Restaurants During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Disentangling Closures, Inequity, Neighborhood, and Transportation Mode”

Published: | 12:00 pm | Posted in: Research

Researchers from FSU’s Department of Geography and the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering published “Understanding Changes in Spatial Accessibility to Restaurants During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Disentangling Closures, Inequity, Neighborhood, and Transportation Mode” in the journal Geographical Analysis, which examines how restaurant closures during the COVID-19 pandemic impacted communities. The following summary was written by Jyana O’Donnell (B.A. Editing, Writing, Media ‘26)

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Research Spotlight: “Race to the Top: How Competition for Political Power Affects Participation”

Published: | 12:10 pm | Posted in: Faculty/Staff, News, Research

Kai Ou, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Political Science at Florida State University, authored an article in The Journal of Politics titled “Race to the Top: How Competition for Political Power Affects Participation.” Below is a summary of the article written by undergraduate student Sarah Brophy (B.S. Political Science ’25).     Kai Ou, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of […]

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