Florida State University’s faculty and staff are central to its mission and the key to its countless accomplishments.
Throughout the year, honors and recognitions are awarded to individual faculty and staff members across campus. Faculty and Staff Briefs are produced monthly to recognize accomplishments and provide a space where honors, awards, bylines, presentations, grants, service and any other notable items can be showcased.
HONORS AND AWARDS
Unnikrishnan Sasidharan Nair, Ph.D. (FAMU-FSU College of Engineering) received the 2024 Young Investigator Program Award from the Office of Naval Research in the Department of Defense for his work in aerodynamics.
Mia Liza Lustria, Ph.D. (School of Information) and lead author Michael O. Killian, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) received the 2023 Pediatric Transplantation Journal Top Paper Award from the International Pediatric Transplant Association, which recognizes their article “Directly Observed Therapy to Promote Medication Adherence in Adolescent Heart Transplant Recipients” as one of the best publications from 2021-2022.
Aaron C. Thomas, Ph.D. (School of Theatre) was recognized by the Florida Theatre Conference with an award for Outstanding Contribution to Florida’s College/University Theatre.
Noël Wan, DMA (College of Music) won a gold medal at the 2022 USA International Harp Competition, one of the two most prestigious international harp competitions in the world.
Scotty Barnhart (College of Music) was nominated at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album for his album “Basie Swings The Blues.” Other College of Music alumni were nominated this year, including Ryan Speedo Green, Reginald Mobley, TJ Norris and Robert Boone Jr.
Shuyuan Metcalfe, Ph.D. (School of Information) was inaugurated as the 2023-2024 President of the Association of Information Systems Special Interest Group on Information Security and Privacy.
Michelle Therrien, Ph.D., Andrea Barton-Hulsey, Ph.D., Mollie Romano, Ph.D. (College of Communication and Information) and former doctoral student Sara Collins co-authored a publication on AAC Services that received the Augmentative Alternative Communication Editor’s Award for the most significant research paper published in 2022.
Tai Zimmerman Cole, LCSW, MSW, M.Div., MACE (College of Social Work) and her team had their project Rebound and Recovery Early Childhood program added to a statewide Promising Practice list for the state of Florida.
Elizabeth Slate, Ph.D. (Department of Statistics) was selected for the Carnegie Mellon University Department of Statistics Alumni Distinguished Lecture Award.
Elizabeth Coggeshall, Ph.D. (Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics) was awarded the Southeastern Medieval Association’s Excellence in Teaching prize.
Jayaram Sethuraman, Ph.D. (Department of Statistics) was awarded the Professor C.R. Rao Lifetime Achievement Award by the Indian Society for Probability and Statistics.
Heather Lazar (The Career Center) was recognized with the NASPA Program of Distinction award for the ProfessioNOLE Clothing Closet. The NASPA Program of Distinction Award highlights innovative initiatives that relate to the programs, policies, procedures, best practices or services.
Liz Iaconis, M.S., Jesmel Moreno, Erin Sylvester Philpot, Ed.D, and Paige Rentz, M.S. (Center for Leadership and Service) were recognized with the NASPA Program of Distinction award for FSU Votes. The NASPA Program of Distinction Award highlights innovative initiatives that relate to the programs, policies, procedures, best practices, or services.
GRANTS
Vic Patrangenaru, Ph.D. (Department of Statistics) received a $100,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for the project “Collaborative Research: Advances in the Theory and Practice of Non-Euclidean Statistics.”
Maximilian Miguel Scholz, Ph.D. (Department of History) won a $7,000 research grant from the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation to conduct archival research in Berlin about religious refugees in German society from 1500-1600.
Hugh Catts, Ph.D. (School of Communication Science and Disorders) received $290,000 in grant funding from Learning Ally to validate a literacy screener his research team developed in collaboration with researchers in South Carolina. Catts and his colleagues are validating a screening assessment to identify children at risk for dyslexia.
Margaret Sullivan (School of Information) received an Institute of Museum and Library Services early career award of $344,598 to investigate library outreach services and the opioid epidemic.
Robert Hickner, Ph.D. (College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) and co-principal investigators Hongyuan Cao, Ph.D. (College of Arts and Sciences), Angelina Sutin, Ph.D. (College of Medicine) and Gregory Todd, Ph.D. (College of Law) received a $271,607 grant from Louisiana State University and the National Institutes of Health for his project “Effects of daily low oxygen exposure on weight status, body composition, and metabolic health.”
Michael Ormsbee, Ph.D. and doctoral candidate Liliana Renteria-Laskin (College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) received a $15,000 grant from the National Strength and Conditioning Association for their project “Firefighter Thermoregulatory Responses in Active Fire with Betaine Supplementation.”
Leqi Cui, Ph.D., Ravinder Nagpal, Ph.D. and Prashant Singh, Ph.D. (College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) received a two-year $147,900 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture for their project “Impact of structural modification techniques on pea (Pisum sativum L.) protein’s ability to modulate human gut microbiota.”
BYLINES
Bruce Thyer, LCSW, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) co-authored “Prohibiting Harmful Practices Against LGBTQIA+ Individuals and Students in Field Placements: Recommendations,” published by the Journal of Social Work Education.
Iain Quinn, Ph.D. (College of Music) authored the books “Music and Religion in the Writings of Ian McEwan,” published by Boydell and Brewer and “Rudolph Ganz, Patriotism, and Standardization of The Star-Spangled Banner, 1907-1958,” published by Routledge.
Shannon Hall-Mills, Ph.D. (School of Communication Science and Disorders) published an article “School-Based SLPs’ Engagement with Evidence-Based Practice: An Update with Implications for Implementation Science” in Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools that is part of a Special Forum focused on Implementation Science.
Melissa Radey, Ph.D. and Shamra Boel-Studt, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) co-authored “’Taking it Day by Day’: Maternity Group Homes in the Lives of Mothers Aging Out of Foster Care,” published by Children and Youth Services Review.
Kristy Anderson, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) co-authored “Low-Income Households of Children with Autism and the Economic Safety Net,” published by Academic Pediatrics.
Arienne Ferchaud, Ph.D. and Jennifer Proffitt, Ph.D. (College of Communication and Information) edited the book “Television Streaming Wars” published by Routledge.
Lucinda J. Graven, Ph.D., APRN, FAHA, FAAN (College of Nursing) co-authored “Self-Care Problems and Management Strategies Experienced by Rural Patient/Caregiver Dyads Living with Heart Failure a Qualitative Study,” published by the Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing.
Amy L. Ai, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) co-authored the book chapter “Spirituality and Psychological Stress in COVID Pandemic of Chinese Immigrants in Europe,” published by Roma: Serie Orientale Roma and “Psychosocial Aspects of Cardiovascular Disease in African Americans,” published by the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Global Public Health.
Elizabeth Ray, Ph.D. (School of Communication), Ann Perko, J.D., Karen Oehme, J.D., Lyndi Bradley, MSW, (College of Social Work), James J. Clark (Office of the Provost) and alumnus Josh Hendrickse, Ph.D. had their study “Well-Being on Campus: Testing the Impact of a Web-Based Intervention for Resilience on First-Year Students” published in the Southern Communication Journal.
Amy L. Ai, Ph.D. and doctoral student Beren Crim Sabuncu (College of Social Work) co-authored the book chapter “Posttraumatic Growth in Patients with Cardiovascular Diseases” published by Routledge.
Kyeonghee Kim, Ph.D. (College of Business) co-authored “Regulatory Capital and Asset Risk Transfer,” published by the Journal of Risk and Insurance, “The Impact of Dentition Status and Barriers to Dental Care Services on Perceived Oral Health of Medicare Beneficiaries,” accepted by the Journal of Public Health Dentistry and “Climate Risks in The Commercial Mortgage Portfolios of Life Insurers: A Focus on Sea Level Rise and Flood Risks,” accepted by the Journal of Insurance Regulation. She also wrote the entry “Private Equity Owners’ Involvement in the Life Insurance Industry” for The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Private Equity.
Melissa Radey, Ph.D. and Shamra Boel-Studt, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) co-authored “Maternal Experience of Maternity Group Homes: A Qualitative Study,” published by the Journal of Adolescent Research.
Bryan Brown, MLS, MIS and Dave Rodriguez, MA, MSI (University Libraries) co-authored a chapter in “Rethinking Institutional Repositories: Innovations in Management, Collections,” published by the Association of College and Research Libraries.
José Gomariz, Ph.D. (Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics) co-edited the collective volume “José Martí, Modernismo(s), Estudios Cubanos. Ensayos en Honor de Ivan A. Schulman.”
Silvia Valisa, Ph.D. (Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics) published a translation of Juan Carlos Galeano’s poetry collection “Amazzonia.”
Paul Renfro, Ph.D. (Department of History) published the article “The Poster Child for AIDS Obscured as much about the Crisis as He Revealed” in TIME magazine.
Matthew E. Hunter, MA, Devin Soper, MA and Sarah Stanley, MA (University Libraries) co-authored “Standing Up Vendor-Provided Web Hosting Services at Florida State University Libraries: A Case Study,” published by Code4Lib Journal.
Bryan Brown, MLS, MIS and Dave Rodriguez, MA (University Libraries) co-authored “Comparative Analysis of Automated Speech Recognition Technologies for Enhanced Audiovisual Accessibility,” published by Code4Lib Journal.
Ziqi Li, Ph.D. (Department of Geography) co-authored the book “Multiscale Geographically Weighted Regression: Theory and Practice,” published by Routledge.
Kristy Anderson, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) authored “Low-Income Households of Children with Autism and the Economic Safety Net,” published by Academic Pediatrics.
Karen Oehme, J.D., Lyndi Bradley, MSW, Merina Cameron, MSW, Ann Perko, J.D. (Institute for Family Violence Studies) and James Clark, Ph.D. (Office of the President) co-authored “Increasing Multidisciplinary Professionals’ Capacity to Support Neurodiverse Families,” published by Diversity & Inclusion Research.
Katie Berry, Ph.D. (Florida Institute for Child Welfare) and Michael Killian, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) published “Reduction of Mental Health-Related Emergency Department Admissions for Youth and Young Adults Following a Remote Intensive Outpatient Program: Qualitative Improvement Analysis” in JMIR Formative Research.
Justin La Favor, Ph.D., Anand “Sunny” Narayanan, Ph.D., Michael Delp, Ph.D. and graduate students (College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) co-authored “Neurovascular Dysfunction Associated with Erectile Dysfunction Persists After Long-Term Recovery from Simulations of Weightlessness and Deep Space Irradiation,” published by the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. The team’s research has been picked up by outlets like The Guardian, Newsweek and the BBC.
Jenny Root, Ph.D. (College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences), a team of FSU alumni and doctoral candidate Deidre Gilley co-authored “Peer-Delivered Modified Schema-Based Instruction in Word Problem Solving for High-School Students with Intellectual Disability,” published by Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities.
Scott M. Pickett, Ph.D. (College of Medicine) co-authored “Comparison Trial of Two Behavioral Sleep Interventions to Improve Sleep-Related Outcomes and Reduce Technology Usage Among College Students,” published by the American Journal of Psychology.
Amanda Tazaz, Ph.D. and Robert Schoen, Ph.D. (Learning Systems Institute) co-authored “An Implementation Analysis of a Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI) Teacher Professional Development Program,” published by Frontiers in Education.
Robert Schoen, Ph.D. and Gizem Solmaz-Ratzlaff (Learning Systems Institute) authored “Concrete Models for Educational Data Sharing,” published by the Center for Open Science.
Qiong Wu, Ph.D. (College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) authored “The Degree of Fluctuations Maternal Depressive Symptoms in Early Childhood is Associated with Children’s Depression Risk: Initial Evidence and Replication Between Two Independent Samples,” published by Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology.
Annie Wofford, Ph.D. (College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) co-authored “Do I Even Belong? Internships as Gendered Career Socialization Experiences in Engineering,” published by the Journal of Diversity in Higher Education.
Myriam Rudaz, Ph.D., Frank Fincham Ph.D. and Thomas Ledermann, Ph.D. (College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) co-authored “Presence of Meaning in Life Mediates the Effects of Gratitude and Caring for Bliss on Flourishing in College Students: a Three-Wave Longitudinal Study,” published by the Journal of Positive Psychology.
Bret Staudt Willet, Ph.D. (College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) co-authored “The Design and Effects of Educational Data Science Workshops for Early Career Researchers,” published by the Journal of Formative Design in Learning.
Kathleen Krach, Ph.D. (College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) edited the book “Games as Stealth Assessments,” which includes chapters written by herself and Professor Emeritus Valerie J. Shute, Ph.D., Ginny Smith, Ph.D., and Russell G. Almond, Ph.D. (College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences).
Frederick Abbott, J.D. (College of Law) authored the book “Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer for COVID-19 Vaccines: Assessment of the Record,” published by the World Intellectual Property Organization.
Mason Marks, M.D., J.D. (College of Law) co-authored the article “How Should the FDA Evaluate Psychedelic Medicine?” published by the New England Journal of Medicine.
James P. Sampson Jr., Ph.D., Janet G. Lenz, Ph.D., Emily Bullock-Yowell, Ph.D., Debra S. Osborn, Ph.D. and Seth Hayden, Ph.D. (The Career Center) wrote the book chapter “Cognitive information processing: Career theory, research, and practice,” published by Florida State Open Publishing.
Dennis Baker, Ph.D. (College of Medicine) co-authored “Effectiveness of An Online Preceptor Development Program Across Health Professions,” published by American Science Educator.
PRESENTATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Remy Jennings, Ph.D. (College of Business) presented the paper “The Good and Bad of Receiving Personal Disclosures at Work” at the Southern Management Association conference in St. Pete Beach, Fla.
Lisa Hightow-Weidman, MD, MPH (College of Nursing) presented “Digital Technologies for Supporting HIV Adherence” at the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University.
Patricia Born, Ph.D. (College of Business) presented “Fertility Shocks and Life Insurance Take-Up” during a seminar in the House of Finance at Goethe University Frankfurt.
Jie Chen, Ph.D., RN and Tingting Liu, Ph.D., RN, FAAN (College of Nursing) presented “Impact of a Polygenic Score for General Cognition on Cognition Decline Considering Baseline Cognition and Lifestyle Behaviors Among Diabetic Older Adults” at the International Society of Nurses in Genetics 2023 World Congress.
Terry Londy, MA (College of Fine Arts) presented at the Architecture Media and Politics Society’s Teaching Beyond the Curriculum Conference. His virtual presentation addressed multidisciplinary student learning through immersive experiences with a course he recently taught in Valencia, Spain as an example.
Dr. Michelle Therrien (School of Communication Science and Disorders) and doctoral student Brianna Coltellino attended the International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication Conference in Cancun, Mexico.
Ebe Randeree (College of Communication and Information) presented “Regional Partnership Development” at the ITEN Wired Conference in Pensacola. He also presented “Marketing your Student Groups” to teachers at the Florida TSA Advisor Workshop in Orlando.
Ebe Randeree (College of Communication and Information) and students Andrea Colon-de Feria, Maggie Martin-McKinnie, Ashari Penerton, Betty Phipps, Jai Reed, Stacci Smith, Marija Travoric, and Owen Van Lenten presented five sessions on leadership, digital privacy, communication, and college prep to middle and high school students at the Florida TSA Leadership Training Conference in Orlando.
Tai Zimmerman Cole, LCSW, MSW, M.Div., MACE (College of Social Work) presented “Inferencing & Print Referencing Supporting the Skills of Preschoolers with Disabilities” at the National Association of Education of Young Children conference in Nashville, Tenn.
Jackie Belle, Ed.S. (Student-Athlete Academic Services) presented on navigating unique challenges, career considerations for individuals with disabilities at the International Conference of Community, Innovation, and Educational Research.
Chuck Viosca, Ph.D. Shannon Young, MBA, Leff Bonney, Ph.D. and Angie Kovarik, DBA (College of Business) helped the FSU Sales Institute host the International Collegiate Sales Competition, the world’s largest event of its kind, in Orlando. The event featured more than 400 students and over 150 faculty coaches representing 80 universities for four days of competition, networking and career opportunities, with 200-plus company representatives from various industries.
Sabrina L. Dickey, Ph.D., MSN, RN (College of Nursing) presented her research “Understanding Cancer and Information Disclosure Among African American Prostate Cancer Survivors Utilizing the Communication Privacy Management Theory” during the Cancer in Men’s Health session at the American Public Health Association annual conference in Atlanta.
Ravinder Nagpal, Ph.D. (College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) presented his research project “Gut Microbial Pathogenesis in Alzheimer’s Neuropathogenesis” at the Infectious Disease annual meeting in Boston. He received a travel scholarship award from the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
Sonia Cabell, Ph.D. (College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) delivered keynote presentations at The Ohio State University’s 2023 Symposium on Children Getting Ready to Read and Amplify’s Science of Reading: The Symposium.
Deb Osborn, Ph.D. and doctoral students Alexander Feliciano, Kelechi Nnaji, Jackie Belle, Jacob Stamm and Jake Boucher (College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) presented on career strategies for vulnerable youth at the International Conference of Community, Innovation and Educational Research in Seoul.
Elizabeth Coggeshall, Ph.D. (Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics) participated in a roundtable at the South Atlantic Modern Language Association annual conference and a research workshop at Dartmouth College on public humanities.
Aimée Boutin, Ph.D. (Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics) presented the paper “The Passengers of the Paris-Saint-Germain Express” and participated in the roundtable “Passing Censorship: French studies and/at Risk” at the 48th annual nineteenth century French studies colloquium hosted by Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
Dean Falk, Ph.D. (Department of Anthropology) presented “The Botanic Age: Plants and Human Evolution” at the Houston Museum of Natural History, sponsored by The Leakey Foundation, and gave an outreach presentation at Michael E. DeBakey High School for Health Professions in Houston.
José Gomariz, Ph.D. (Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics) presented the paper “Revisiting Modernismo. Lucía Jerez by José Martí Leaves the Attic” at the 2023 Hispanic and Cuban Studies Symposium, hosted by the University of Missouri.
Rafe Blaufarb, Ph.D. (Department of History) presented “From Provincial Privilege to Free Trade: The Case of the French Revolution” at the conference Free Market ideas and Spatial Concepts in France and the Holy Roman Empire (1750s – 1820s), hosted by the German Historical Institute in Paris, France. Blaufarb spoke about Napoleon Bonaparte at the Tallahassee History Roundtable and the Challenger Learning Center of Tallahassee and Master of Politics: Napoleon’s Rise and Reign, an online event hosted by the Scotch Plains Public Library.
Suzanne M. Sinke, Ph.D. (Department of History) presented “Better living through marriage migration?” at the Social Science History Association meeting in Washington, D.C.
Xiaonan Zhang, Ph.D. (Department of Computer Science) presented “Signal Emulation Attack and Defense in Heterogeneous IoT System” at the EAI SmartSP 2023 – EAI International Conference on Security and Privacy in Cyber-Physical Systems and Smart Vehicles in Chicago, Illinois.
Kristy Anderson, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) co-presented “Government and Research Policies and Practices That Limit Understanding of Physical Health(care) Disparities/Inequities of Autistic Adults and People with I/DD” at the 2023 AUCD Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.
Scott Pickett, Ph.D. (College of Medicine) led a workshop titled “Early Intervention for Distress Following Disaster: Skills for Life Adjustment and Resilience” at the 57th annual convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies in Seattle.
Adrienne Barnes-Story, Ph.D. (Learning Systems Institute) took part in a presentation to share advice for building and maintaining successful international collaboration. The event was sponsored by FSU Research Development.
Julia Sheffler, Ph.D., Ursula Weiss, Ph.D. (College of Medicine), Dawn Carr, Ph.D. (College of Social Sciences and Public Policy) and Neil Charness, Ph.D. (College of Arts and Sciences) presented “Engaging Older Adults in Aging Research: Identifying Communication and Community Engagement Strategies” at the Gerontological Society of America’s Annual Conference in Tampa.
Deanna Barath, Ph.D., (Public Health, College of Social Sciences and Public Policy) presented the papers “Intersectoral partnership engagement and the provision of community health services” and “Cross-sector partnership engagement and 30-day unplanned readmissions” at the American Public Health Association Annual Conference.
Thesla Berne-Anderson, M.S. (College of Medicine) hosted the Science Students Together Reaching Instructional Diversity and Excellence (SSTRIDE) Leadership Development Conference and 30th SSTRIDE Reunion in Orlando. Anthony Speights, M.D., Alma Littles, M.D., Elizabeth Foster, Ph.D., Erica Miller, DSW, LCSW, Allison Justice, MMS, PA-C, Shermeeka Hogans-Mathews, M.D. and medical students Sean Wimberly, Sean Gabany and Berne-Anderson (College of Medicine) were speakers.
Rabieh Razzouk, MBA (Learning Systems Institute) joined a panel of research center directors to share their experiences and wisdom to support FSU faculty interested in starting a center to support their work. The event was sponsored by FSU Research Development.
Ana H. Marty, Ph.D. and Marion Fesmire, Ed.D. (Learning Systems Institute) provided Literacy Leadership Training to Principals and Directors of Study from 16 Teacher Training Colleges across Rwanda.
Fred Abbott, J.D. (College of Law) presented at the second World Local Production Forum at The Hague, Netherlands.
Alexander Tsesis, J.D. (College of Law) co-hosted the Fourteenth Annual Constitutional Law Colloquium in Chicago, Illinois.
Zduy Chu, Ed.D. (Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs), co-presented “Doing” NUFP: Creating NASPA Undergraduate Fellows Programs For Your Institution” during the Southern Association for College Student Affairs Annual Conference.
Ericka Horne, MPH, CHES (College of Medicine) presented her poster “Disparities on Adverse Childhood Experiences and Health Outcomes by Ethnicity in Florida, comparing 2019 and 2020 BRFSS Data” and won 2nd place in the Graduate Student Division for Clinical Research.
Sylvie Naar, Ph.D. and Maurice Bulls, M.Ed. (College of Medicine) presented “Demonstrating Cultural Humility, Cultural Opportunity and Cultural Comfort in Motivational interviewing Sessions” to the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers.
Sara Green, MSW (College of Medicine) presented “Ethical Issues in Engaging Lost to Follow Up Youth in HIV Care and Research” at the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Conference in Baltimore, Md.
Julia Sheffler, Ph.D. and Sylvie Naar, Ph.D. (College of Medicine) presented “Lessons Learned Developing a Nutritional Adherence Intervention for Dementia Prevention: A Qualitative Analysis” at the Gerontological Society of America’s Annual Conference in Tampa, Fla.
Nicole Ennis, Ph.D. (College of Medicine) presented “The Association Between Medical Marijuana Use and Divided Attention on a Simulated Driving Performance Task” at the Gerontological Society of America’s Annual Conference in Tampa, Fla.
Sylvie Naar, Ph.D. (College of Medicine) presented “The ORBIT Model for Developing and Testing Health Related Behavioral Interventions” at the 57th annual Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Convention in Seattle, Washington.
Debra Cole, Ed.D. (College of Medicine) presented her research poster “PBL Impact: Students’ Perceptions of Performance, Self-efficacy, and Clinical Reasoning” at the Physician Assistant Education Forum.
Benjamin Smith, PA-C,DMSc, DFAAPA (College of Medicine) co-presented “Community Outreach Through Grant-Funded Activities at the Physician Assistant Education Forum.
SERVICE
Kathryn J. Keane, DNP, PCCN (College of Nursing) served as the FSU Beta Pi Chapter’s delegate to the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing’s Biennial Convention.
Matthew Goff, Ph.D. (Department of Religion) was selected as the associate editor for “The SBL Study Bible.”
Alexander Jimenez, Ph.D. (College of Music) was selected to be the director of Boston University’s Tanglewood Institute, a summer music training program for students ages 10 to 20.
Arda Vanli, Ph.D. (FAMU-FSU College of Engineering) was elected as the program chair of the American Society of Quality (ASQ) Reliability, Maintenance & Managing Risk (RMMR) Conference in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Veronica Fleury, Ph.D. (College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) accepted a five-year term as a principal member of the Institute of Education Sciences’ Early Intervention and Early Childhood Education Research Peer Review Panel.
Annie Wofford, Ph.D. (College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) was named associate director for the Equity in Graduate Education Consortium.
Greg Washington, Lt. (FSUPD) was recognized for the Sheriff Campbell Thanksgiving Drive for 17 years of service.
Adrienne Barnes-Story, Ph.D. (Learning Systems Institute) hosted the final 2023 Reading Comprehension Special Interest Group meeting, co-sponsored by the Learning Systems Institute and American Institutes for Research meeting this month.
Shalon R. Buchs, MHS, PA-C (College of Medicine) was elected to serve a second term with the Board of Directors of the PA Education Association. She will serve as secretary from 2024-2026.
Heather Flynn, Ph.D. and Adam Baptiste, M.D. (College of Medicine) hosted the eighth annual statewide Perinatal Mental Health Conference in Tallahassee, Fla.
Deanna Barath, Ph.D., MPH (College of Social Sciences and Public Policy) led a workforce development training series at the Florida Department of Health on how to use Excel.
Elizabeth Uchimura, MS (College of Music) was elected Member-at-Large to the board of the Southeast Chapter of the Music Library Association, the regional chapter of the professional organization for music librarians in the United States. She will serve as the program committee chair for the 2024 annual meeting and the nominating committee chair the year after.
NOTABLE
Timothy Kellison, Ph.D. (College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) edited the book “Sport Stadiums and Environmental Justice,” which was named one of its “12 must-read open access books” by Routledge.
James P. Sampson, Ph.D. (College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) former associate dean at the College of Education, published a book on career development and vocational interventions through FSU Libraries’ Florida State Open Publishing initiative.
Ana H. Marty, Ph.D. (Learning Systems Institute) held an enumerator training and led a team to collect data in Rwanda for the Teaching Practice pilot, meeting with numerous student teachers and mentor teachers to learn about their experiences with the new framework. The Learning Systems Institute is leading the Primary Teaching Residency Program at two Teaching Training Institutions in Rwanda.
Adrienne Barnes-Story, Ph.D. (Learning Systems Institute) serves as the project’s principal investigator of the Foundational Literacy Course, part of USAID’s Strengthening Teacher Education and Practice (STEP) Activity in Malawi.
Jeffrey Milligan, Ph.D. (Learning Systems Institute) led the Higher Education Capacity Development Program and welcomed nine participants from Beirut to FSU, funded by USAID Lebanon.
Marion Fesmire, Ed.D. (Learning Systems Institute) visited Early Childhood Education teacher training programs across Rwanda to gather information about how student teachers are trained to provide instruction to young children, meeting with several teacher educators and early childhood teachers.
Jennie Robinette and Adrienne Barnes-Story, Ph.D. (Learning Systems Institute) finalized support of grade 7 and 8 Chichewa and English Learner Books and Teacher Guides as part of the National Reading Program Implementation and Expansion Activity. The Learning Systems Institute, in collaboration with the Malawi Institute for Education, turned over these finalized materials to USAID Malawi and the Malawi Ministry of Education.
Iván C. Balán, Ph.D. (College of Medicine) was named chair of the Behavioral Science Subcommittee at the AIDS Clinical Trials Group, a global clinical trials network that conducts research to improve the management of HIV and its comorbidities; develop a cure for HIV; and innovate treatments for tuberculosis, hepatitis B and emerging infectious diseases.