Sunshine Jacobs, a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in sociology with a special focus on demography, was one of six teaching assistants at Florida State University to receive a 2021-2022 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award for her incredible work in the classroom.   “When I first started teaching undergraduates about race through a sociological lens, I was skeptical that […]

FSU alum Geoff Cottrill has made Forbes Magazine’s inaugural list of 50 of The Most Entrepreneurial CMOs in Marketing Today. This list recognizes 50 marketing chiefs “whose entrepreneurial spirit and actions are helping transform not only their brands but marketing, commerce and, often times, culture itself.” Cottrill is the chief marketing officer at Topgolf Entertainment […]

BY: MELISSA POWELL, FSU CAREER CENTER, COSSPP COMMUNICATIONS TEAM Florida State University welcomes 129 new inductees into its prestigious Garnet & Gold Scholar Society this spring. Of those inducted, 28 students had at least one major in the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy. Established in 2010, the Garnet & Gold Scholar Society facilitates student […]

BY: MARK BLACKWELL THOMAS, UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS In a new study, Florida State University researchers explore the challenges of recruiting and retaining older adults to participate in research. The study also marks the first step of a broad, interdisciplinary FSU effort to increasingly use artificial intelligence in research. In the study, published in The Gerontologist, Associate Professor of Sociology Dawn […]

The Claude Pepper Center at Florida State University has a new director.  Dawn C. Carr, a professor in Florida State University’s Sociology Department and faculty associate for the Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy, will now oversee the center, which has one of FSU’s largest endowments. The Pepper Center at FSU promotes the late […]

BY: ALICE MAXWELL, DIVISION OF STUDENT AFFAIRS Nastassia “Tazzy” Janvier, former president of the Florida State University Student Government Association, has been selected to join a prestigious program committed to providing civil rights legal advocacy in the South. Janvier will join an elite 10-person cohort of the Marshall-Motley Scholars Program (MMSP), a pipeline program of the NAACP Legal Defense […]

On Friday, April 29, the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy celebrated students graduating with doctoral degrees. Graduates, faculty advisors, family and friends, heard a welcome message from Dean Tim Chapin recognizing the significance of this accomplishment, followed by remarks from Dr. Irene Padavic, COSSPP faculty & distinguished speaker titled, “Looking Back, Moving Forward: […]

Sheridan Meek, an FSU alumna graduating with her Master’s in Applied Economics this summer, enrolled in her master’s program to gain practical experience and gain a competitive edge in the job market. The Master’s in Applied Economics program at FSU prepares students for a variety of careers in government and the private sector. MAE graduates often begin their careers as analysts, junior data scientists, or research […]