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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences honors COSSPP sociology department researchers’ study linking lead exposure to IQ loss

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

Research Spotlight: Motivations for Maintaining Virginity Among US Adolescents 

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).  

COSSPP professor awarded National Science Foundation grant

David Merrick – the Director of Florida State University’s Emergency Management and Homeland Security Program (EMHS) and the Center for Disaster Risk Policy – was awarded a nearly $55,000 National Science Foundation grant for a project titled “Datasets for Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS) and Remote Responder Performance from Hurricane Ian.” 

‘Foundation for the future’: FSU student earns John R. Lewis Scholarship

For the third straight year a Florida State University student has been named a scholar in the John Robert Lewis Scholars & Fellows Program.
Rodney Wells, a sophomore majoring in interdisciplinary social sciences from Jacksonville, Fla. joins a cohort of eight scholars selected from colleges across the country.

Research Spotlight: Environmental Justice & Green Space Access: Inequities at the Intersection of Disability, Race, & Class

Sandy Wong, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Geography at Florida State University. Below Dr. Wong discusses her recently published article, “Environmental Justice & Green Space Access: Inequities at the Intersection of Disability, Race, & Class.”