Faculty/Staff Briefs

HONORS AND AWARDS Malia Bruker, MFA (Communication) received the Audience Favorite for Best Documentary at the Tallahassee Film Festival for her documentary “Alluvium.” Jessica Ridgway Clayton, Ph.D. (Retail Entrepreneurship) was recognized by Sage Publishing for authoring two of the top Almetric Score-receiving articles since publication in 2016 and 2017 in the Clothing and Textiles Research Journal. Marina […]

HONORS AND AWARDS William Berry, Ph.D. (Political Science) was selected as the 2019 recipient of the Career Achievement Award from the State Politics and Policy Section of American Political Science Association in recognition of his important contributions to the study of state politics. Jessica Bahorski, Ph.D. (Nursing) was awarded the Research Poster Award at the National Association of […]

HONORS AND AWARDS Melessa Kelley, Ph.D. (Nursing) has been selected as a fellow for the 2019 IHART2 Indigenous HIV/AIDS Research Training Program beginning March 1. The IHART2 fellowship offers up to $20,000 in pilot project development seed funding as well as classes, seminars and other research training opportunities. Marina Duque, Ph.D. (Political Science) won the International Studies […]

HONORS AND AWARDS Damon Andrew, Ph.D. (Education) was named a National Association of Kinesiology in Higher Education (NAKHE) fellow. NAKHE is a leading professional organization for administrators, faculty and students in the field of kinesiology. BYLINES Gregory J. Harris, Ph.D. (Human Sciences) and Kristen Greene, Ph.D. (Human Sciences), along with recent doctoral graduate Fiorella Carlos Chavez, published a new […]

HONORS AND AWARDS Alysia Roehrig, Ph.D. (Education), along with graduate students Makana Craig and James Hernandez, received the “Best Overall Graduate Student Posters” award at the Florida Educational Research Association’s annual meeting. The trio presented on “Culturally Responsive Classroom Management Strategies in CDF Freedom Schools.” Myrna Hoover (Career Center) received the 2018 Southern Star Award […]

HONORS AND AWARDS Sean McGinley, Ph.D. (Hospitality) received the 2018 Emerging Professional Graduate Award from the Penn State School of Hospitality Management at Penn State University, Oct. 10. The award was presented to McGinley at the school’s 2018 Alumni Awards Reception, held in conjunction with a two-day program bringing distinguished alumni back to engage with […]

HONORS AND AWARDS Colleen Muscha, MFA (Costume Design) received a Distinguished Career Award for Outstanding Contribution to Florida’s College/University Programs at this year’s Florida Theatre Conference. Muscha has been the director of the MFA Costume Design program for more than 25 years. Patricia Y. Warren, Ph.D. (Criminology) was honored by the Florida Education Fund and […]

HONORS Joann Gardner, Ph.D. (English) won the 2018 Chapbook Fellowship from the Poetry Society of America, selected by the poet D. Nurske. Gardner won the award for her chapbook, “The Deaf Island.” SERVICE Steven Pfeiffer, Ph.D. (Education) was elected as president of the American Academy of School Psychology, a key organization in the development and […]

HONORS AND AWARDS Matthew T. Pietryka, Ph.D. (Political Science) won the Heinz I. Eulau Award from the American Political Science Association for his article “It’s Not Just What You Have, but Whom You Know: Networks, Social Proximity to Elites, and Voting in State and Local Elections,” published in American Political Science Review. The $750 award, […]