Expert Pitches

50 years later: FSU professor reflects on how MLK, RFK assassinations changed civil rights movement

Published: March 23, 2018 | 10:34 am | Posted in: Education & Society, Expert Pitches

Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech in August 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

In the midst of an eventful decade for the United States, 1968 proved to be one of the most tumultuous years in history. With the deaths of Martin Luther King Jr. (April 4, 1968) and Robert F. Kennedy (June 5, 1968) occurring only two months apart, the civil rights movement experienced a drastic shift. As […]

Expert Pitch: FSU professor available to discuss Facebook brand crisis

Published: March 22, 2018 | 10:59 am | Posted in: Expert Pitches

Luke Hopkins, assistant chair, Department of Marketing

News breaking this week that political data firm Cambridge Analytica accessed private data on Facebook has sent the popular social media company into a spiral with its stock price plunging and the hashtag #DeleteFacebook going viral. As the company grapples with its future, a Florida State University faculty member is available to comment on the […]

Expert Pitch: FSU professor available to comment on Billy Graham legacy

Published: February 21, 2018 | 4:08 pm | Posted in: Expert Pitches, News

On Wednesday, Feb. 21, Billy Graham died at the age of 99. He was known worldwide for preaching and teaching about Christianity through a variety of mediums, including TV and film. Graham also provided counsel to several U.S. presidents and championed desegregation in the 1960s. As many mourn the loss of Graham and remember the […]

Have a heart: FSU nursing researcher says social support key to heart failure management

Published: February 1, 2018 | 11:53 am | Posted in: Expert Pitches, Health & Medicine

Lucinda Graven, assistant professor in the FSU College of Nursing

The Heart Failure Society of America marks Heart Failure Awareness Week Feb. 11-18, 2018, to promote heart failure awareness, patient education and heart failure prevention. Heart failure is a progressive condition in which the heart’s muscle gets injured from something like a heart attack or high blood pressure and gradually loses its ability to pump enough […]

FSU professor offers students unique course on North Korea

Published: January 26, 2018 | 1:47 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities, Expert Pitches

Culver’s course will explore the fraught history of conflict and invasion that produced the modern North Korean regime. (Wikipedia)

Professor Available to Discuss North Korean Politics, History When Florida State University Associate Professor of History Annika A. Culver surveyed the state of Florida for examples of college courses on the history and culture of North Korea, she was surprised to come up empty. “I couldn’t find many opportunities for students to learn about North […]

Expert Pitch: FSU experts available to tackle Super Bowl LII

Published: January 23, 2018 | 4:33 pm | Posted in: Expert Pitches, University News

The Super Bowl is the largest single sporting event in American culture and is also quite popular internationally. As the nation gears up for Super Bowl LII in Minneapolis, experts from Florida State University’s Department of Sport Management are available to comment on the popularity and importance of the Super Bowl. Jeffrey James, Mode L. Stone […]

Expert Pitch: 2018 Winter Olympic Games

Published: January 19, 2018 | 3:50 pm | Posted in: Expert Pitches

Psychology Professor Anders Ericsson, FSU’s Conradi Eminent Scholar

As the world prepares for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea, a group of Florida State University faculty experts are available to discuss various aspects of the event. EXPERT PERFORMANCE & DELIBERATE PRACTICE Anders Ericsson, Conradi Eminent Scholar, Department of Psychology (850) 644-9860; ericsson@psy.fsu.edu Ericsson, a professor of cognitive psychology who’s known […]

Expert Pitch: FSU experts available to comment on trending topics in 21st century caregiving

Published: December 19, 2017 | 9:29 am | Posted in: Expert Pitches

Dawn Carr, assistant professor of sociology

As families come together this holiday season, the topic of elderly loved ones and their care may come up at the dinner table. Are they fit to live alone? Should they be placed in a home? Is at-home care an option? How much will it cost? These are important questions to consider when faced with […]

Expert Pitch: FCC’s decision to repeal net neutrality will change Internet dramatically

Published: December 15, 2017 | 10:25 am | Posted in: Expert Pitches

The Federal Communications Commission voted on party lines Thursday to repeal the broad framework of Obama-era regulations known as net neutrality. Critics worry that this step could empower Internet service providers to create Internet “fast lanes” that favor certain sites and disadvantage others. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai argues that net neutrality represented heavy-handed government regulation […]

A galaxy far away: FAMU-FSU engineering dean delves into science behind ‘Star Wars’

Published: December 11, 2017 | 2:38 pm | Posted in: Expert Pitches, Science & Technology

J. Murray Gibson, dean of the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering

Fans around the world will flock to see “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” when it comes to theaters later this week and marvel at the special effects that create this galaxy far, far away. But some of the special effects seen in “Star Wars” aren’t that far from reality, said FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Dean […]

FSU researcher: Pearl Harbor anniversary a day for reflection, remembrance

Published: December 4, 2017 | 12:55 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities, Expert Pitches

Kurt Piehler, director of the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience at FSU.

On the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, a fleet of more than 300 Japanese Imperial aircraft launched a devastating attack against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. As the nation prepares to commemorate the 76th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Florida State University Associate Professor of History and Director of […]

Expert Pitch: FSU history professor on the truth behind story of Thanksgiving

Published: November 13, 2017 | 11:04 am | Posted in: Arts & Humanities, Expert Pitches

Jennie A. Borwnscombe's "The First Thanksgiving at Plymouth" (1914) depicts an idyllic scene of colonists and Native Americans gathered in friendship for a lavish meal. There's only one problem: The story of the first Thanksgiving is a myth.

When millions of Americans sit down for Thanksgiving dinner this month, they will retell the story of peaceable Pilgrims gathering with their Native American neighbors to enjoy the bounty of a fruitful harvest. There’s only one problem, said Florida State University’s Allen Morris Associate Professor of History Andrew K. Frank. That famous first Thanksgiving feast […]