College of Social Sciences and Public Policy
at Florida State University
Pina Holway, Ph.D. — a two-time College of Social Sciences and Public Policy graduate — was recently granted tenure and promoted to Associate Professor at the University of Tampa.
The College of Social Sciences and Public Policy has announced the promotions of seven specialized faculty members for the 2022-2023 cycle. In total, the promotions added five new Specialized Teaching Faculty II and two new Specialized Teaching Faculty III.
The Peter F. McManus Trust awarded a $13,000+ grant to John Taylor, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Demography and Population Health, to analyze pre-intervention risk factors associated with substance use.
Florida State University Author’s Day will highlight six faculty authors within the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy, among other FSU faculty authors, on Thursday, March 23, 2023, from 4–6 p.m. in FSU’s Longmire Building in the Beth Moor Lounge.
The College of Social Sciences and Public Policy participated in FSU’s Annual Day at the Capitol on Tuesday, March 21.
The editorial board of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) journal is honoring a pair of COSSPP researchers for their 2022 study which found that childhood exposure to lead has robbed Americans an average of 2.6 IQ points per person
FSU Sociology Professors Karin Brewster, Ph.D., and Kathryn Karker Tillman, Ph.D., co-authored the article “Motivations for Maintaining Virginity Among US Adolescents” with Giuseppina Valle Holway, Ph.D. Below is a summary of the article written by doctoral student Martin Gandur (Political Science ’25).
Florida State University’s Faculty Senate honored five members of the university community with Torch Awards in recognition of their contributions to the university’s academic excellence during a ceremony held Thursday, Feb. 16, at the Heritage Museum.
The College of Social Sciences and Public Policy announced the promotions of nine faculty members for the 2022-2023 promotion and tenure cycle.
Rebekah Carpenter – a third-year doctoral student in Sociology – published the most refined set of measures about job characteristics and work environments linked to U.S. Census data.
