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
Colleen Harmeling, Ph.D. (College of Business), was selected for the inaugural class of Study of Business Markets Scholars based on research contributions and impact on the field.
Bhushan Dahal, Ph.D. (Learning Systems Institute) was a Guest of Honor at the Global Youth Festival in Uzbekistan, where he represented Nepal.
Debra Osborn, Ph.D. (College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) received the Presidential Award at the National Career Development Association annual conference.
Elizabeth Madden, Ph.D. (School of Communication Science and Disorders) was awarded the Tavistock Trust for Aphasia 2024 Distinguished Scholars Award.
Kaitlin Lansford (School of Communication Science and Disorders) was selected as a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
Robert Glueckauf, Ph.D. (College of Medicine) was the recipient of the Melissa L. Knabe Community Impact Award for his work as director of the African American Alzheimer’s Caregiver Training and Support Project 2.
Bayard Stern (Office of University Communications) was awarded an International CASE Circle of Excellence Silver Award for the “What to Do @FSU” video series in the category – Videos on a Shoestring – Student Audience.
Paul Niell, Ph.D. (Department of Art History) was appointed Kress Senior Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts.
Stephanie Zuilkowski, Ph.D. (Learning Systems Institute) was named an Associate Editor for the American Educational Research Journal Net Journals.
GRANTS
Kristy A. Anderson, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) was awarded a $119,763 grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration for being the principal investigator on the research project “The Economic and Healthcare Impacts of COVID-19 on Adolescents with Autism.”
Shamra Boel-Studt, Ph.D. and Darejan Dvalishvili, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) were awarded a 2024-2026 IRP Extramural Large Grant from the Institute for Research on Poverty for being co-principal investigators on the research project “Service Trajectories of Children Entering Initial Residential Placement Via CPS Or Non-CPS Pathways.”
Kristina Håkansson, Ph.D. (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry) earned the $465,000 “Remaining Unknowns in Ion-Electron Reactions for Tandem Mass Spectrometry” grant from the National Science Foundation.
Qiong (Joanna) Wu, Ph.D., Ming Cui, Ph.D. and Penny Ralston, Ph.D. (College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) were awarded a $120,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for their project “Understanding Race-related Health Disparities Among Rural, Low-SES Mothers and Children.”
Eugenia Millender, Ph.D., RN, MS, PMHNP-BC, CDE, FAAN, Frank Y. Wong, Ph.D., Artur Luz Nunes Queiroz, Ph.D., BSN, MS and Casey D. Xavier Hall, MPH, Ph.D. (College of Nursing) have received an NIH R01 grant from NIDA for $3.4 million.
BYLINES
Tanya Renn, Ph.D. and Michael Killian, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) co-authored the article “The Feasibility and Acceptability of Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) in a Rural Community Impacted by Environmental Trauma and COVID-19” published in the journal School Mental Health.
Stephen Tripodi, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) co-authored the article “Compassionate Release: A Call to Social Workers” published in the Journal of Correctional Health Care.
Bruce Thyer, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) co-authored the article “Prohibiting Harmful Practices Against Some LGBTQIA+ Individuals and Students in Field Placement: Recommendations” published in the Journal of Social Work Education.
Amy L. Ai, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) co-authored “Event-Related Factors, Altruism, and Substance Use in Traumatization of Hurricane Student Volunteers: A Bayesian Model for the Follow-up Running Head: Bayesian Analysis of Disaster Traumatization” published in the International Journal of Higher Education.
Sabrina Dickey, Ph.D. (College of Nursing) and Amy L. Ai, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) co-authored “Depressive Symptoms in Black and White Volunteers: Six-month Post Deadly Natural Hazard Hurricane: Does Race Identity Matter?” published in the International Journal of Higher Education.
Cynthia Norris, Ph.D., Colleen Ganley, Ph.D., (Department of Psychology) Callie Little, Ph.D. (Florida Center for Reading Research) and doctoral student Rachelle Johnson co-authored “Educational Experiences of U.S. Children During the 2020–2021 School Year in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic” published in the journal Developmental Psychology.
Jessica Ridgway Clayton, Ph.D. (Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship) authored “Psychomimicry: A Creative Design Process Exploring Synesthesia in Textile Print Design” published in the Clothing and Textile Research Journal.
Meredith McQuerry, Ph.D. and Sherry Schofield, Ph.D. (Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship) co-authored “Relationship Between Firefighter Protective Clothing Design Ease and Heat Stress” published in the International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology.
Changhyun (Lyon) Nam, Ph.D. and Srikant Manchiraju, Ph.D. (Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship) co-authored “Smart Fitness Apparel Influencing Consumers’ Purchase Intention: An Application of the Technology Acceptance Model” published in the Asian Sport Management Review, volume 18.
Changhyun (Lyon) Nam, Ph.D. and Jessica Ridgway Clayton, Ph.D. (Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship) co-authored “New Filaments from Used Disposable Face Masks as an Alternative 3D Printing Filament in the 3D Printing Industry” published in the Clothing and Textiles Research Journal.
Andrew Epstein, Ph.D. (Department of English) published a review of “Glad to the Brink of Fear: A Portrait of Ralph Waldo Emerson” by James Marcus, in the Times Literary Supplement.
Alisha Gaines, Ph.D. (Department of English) published “There’s a Strange History of White Journalists Trying to Better Understand the Black Experience by ‘Becoming’ Black” in The Conversation.
Dr. Kerwyn Flowers, D.O. and Dr. Shermeeka Hogans-Mathews, M.D. (College of Medicine) co-authored “Perceptions of the Leadership Through Scholarship Fellowship Graduates: An Exploratory Qualitative Study of Leadership” in The Society of Teachers of Family Medicine journal Family Medicine.
Mike Drury, Psy.D., Nicki Taylor, Ph.D., Taylor L. Thompson, Ph.D. (College of Medicine) and doctoral student Emma Doyle co-authored “The Wellness Prescription: How Psychologists can Support Tomorrow’s Medical Providers” in the journal Florida Psychologist.
Mike Drury, Psy.D. (College of Medicine) co-authored “The Promise of Transdiagnostic Treatment in Rural Primary Care: The Unified Protocol” in the Journal of Rural Mental Health.
Beth M. Phillips, Ph.D., (College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) Christopher Lonigan, Ph.D., (Department of Psychology) Jeanine Clancy, Ph.D. and Young Suk Grace Kim, Ph.D. (Florida Center for Reading Research) co-authored “Impact of Supplemental Multicomponent Early Childhood Language Instruction” published in the Journal of Educational Psychology.
Lindsay Dennis, Ph.D., Danielle Morsching (College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences), Taryn Wade, Ph.D. (Florida Center for Reading Research), Tai Cole, MSW and Cassidy Haglund, MBA (Stoops Center for Communities, Families and Children) co-authored the article “The Effects of Shared Book Reading on the Emotional Vocabulary Development of Preschool Children” published in the journal Vocabulary Learning and Instruction.
Taylor L. Thompson, Ph.D. (College of Medicine) co-authored “Unpacking the Model Minority Stereotype: Different Pathways to Self-Esteem Through Internalized Stereotypes of Hard Work and Innate Intelligence” published in the Asian American Journal of Psychology.
Austin M. Spitz, M.S., Kevin A. Johnson, Ph.D., R.N., Isabelle M. Taylor, M.A., Mariah M. Jensen, Dr. F. Andrew Kozel, M.D. (College of Medicine) and medical student Megan Senda co-authored “The Relationship of Anxious Arousal with Treatment of Dysphoria Using Virtual Reality Mindfulness and 2 Accelerated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Protocols” published in The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.
Marcia Mardis, Ph.D. (School of Information), Billie Ventimiglia, MS and Dennis Smith, MS (Department of Urban and Regional Planning) co-authored “Planning for Rural Broadband: Two Cases of Community-Based Planning and Partnership” published in the Journal of Information Policy.
Elizabeth Ray, Ph.D. (School of Communication), Ann Perko, JD, Karen Oehme, JD, Lyndi Bradley, Ed.D. (College of Social Work) co-authored “Facilitating Well-being: An Examination of an Online Trauma-Informed Faculty/Staff Training Designed to Support College Student Resilience” published in Discover Education.
Arienne Ferchaud, Ph.D. (School of Communication) published her debut novel “Lifeshaper” on Amazon.
Joseph Watso, Ph.D. (College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) co-authored “Efficacy and Safety of Long-term Ketogenic Diet Therapy in a Patient with Type 1 Diabetes” published in JCEM Case Reports. He also co-authored “Kidney Function Biomarkers During Extreme Heat Exposure in Young and Older Adults” published in JAMA.
Vanessa Dennen, Ph.D., Hajeen Choi, Ph.D., and Omer Arslan, Ph.D. (College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) co-authored “Course Design, Belonging, and Learner Engagement: Meeting the Needs of Diverse International Students in Online Courses” published in TechTrends.
Lara Perez-Felkner, Ph.D. and Shouping Hu, Ph.D. (College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) co-authored “The Impact of Merit Aid on STEM Major Choices: A Propensity Score Approach” published in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis.
Joseph Watso, Ph.D. (College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) and doctoral student Saiful Singar co-authored “Advanced Cardiovascular Physiology in an Individual with Type 1 Diabetes After 10-Year Ketogenic Diet” published in Cell Physiology.
Margaret E. Wright-Cleveland, Ph.D. (Office of Faculty Development and Advancement) co-edited a special issue of The Hemingway Review, Volume 43, Fall 2023.
Henna Budhwani, Ph.D., MPH (College of Nursing) co-authored “Conquering Hypertension in Vietnam: 12- Month Follow-up Results from A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial” published by the Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific.
Henna Budhwani, Ph.D., MPH and Lisa Hightow-Weidman, MD, MPH (College of Nursing) co-authored “Qualitative Analysis of Patient and Provider Perceptions of Barriers and Facilitators to PrEP Access and Adherence in Black and Latinx Young Men Who Have Sex with Men” published by the AIDS Patient Care and STDs.
Henna Budhwani, Ph.D., MPH and Ibrahim Yigit, Ph.D. (College of Nursing) co-authored the article “A Moderated Mediation Analysis of HIV and Intersectional Stigmas and Antiretroviral Adherence in People Living with HIV in the Dominican Republic” published by the journal AIDS and Behavior.
Henna Budhwani, Ph.D., MPH, Ibrahim Yigit, Ph.D., Lisa Hightow-Weidman, MD, MPH and Kathryn Muessig, Ph.D. (College of Nursing) co-authored the article “Associations Between PrEP Stigma, PrEP Confidence, and PrEP Adherence: Conditional Indirect Effects of Anticipated HIV Stigma” published by the JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes.
PRESENTATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Thayumanasamy Somasundaram, Ph.D. (Institute of Molecular Biophysics) gave the opening remarks at the 2024 Southeastern Association of Shared Resources Meeting in Nashville, TN.
Nicole Patton Terry, Ph.D. (College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) presented “Toward an Understanding of the Role of Dialect in Literacy Acquisition in Children Across Languages and Sociolinguistic Contexts: Discussant” at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading.
Matthew Cooper Borkenhagen, Ph.D. Laura Steacy, Ph.D. (College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences), Ashley Edwards, Ph.D., Nancy Marencin, Ph.D. and Donald Compton, Ph.D. (Florida Center for Reading Research) presented “Bases of Representation in the Reading System: What (in)accurate Spelling Reveals About Orthographic Representations” at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading.
Laura Steacy, Ph.D. (College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences), Ashley Edwards, Ph.D., Nancy Marencin, Ph.D., Donald Compton, Ph.D. (Florida Center for Reading Research) and doctoral students Madison Kellenberger and Jordan Dozier presented “Bases of Representation in the Reading System: The Role of Morphology in the Formation of Lexical Representations: Results from Two Studies” at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading.
Matthew Cooper Borkenhagen, Ph.D. (College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) presented “Bases of Representation in the Reading System: A Temporal Model of Learning to Read Words Aloud” at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading.
Carla Wood, Ph.D. and Sana Tibi, Ph.D. (College of Communication and Information) presented “Morphology and Literacy Skills: Basic Research and Intervention: Morphology-Focused Interventions: Morphological Analysis Pathway to Reading” at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading.
Sana Tibi, Ph.D. (College of Communication and Information) presented “A Longitudinal Investigation of Arabic Word Reading” at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading.
Callie Little, Ph.D. (Florida Center for Reading Research) presented “The Gene-Environment Interplay of Reading: Behavioral Genetics Methods to Study Influences of the Home Literacy Environment” at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading.
Christopher Lonigan, Ph.D. (Department of Psychology) presented “Developmental Continuity in the Structure and Measurement of Phonological Processing Skills Among 2- to 5-year-old Children” at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading.
Beth Phillips, Ph.D. (College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences), Felesa Oliver, MS and Jennifer Berrien, MS (Florida Center for Reading Research) presented “The Development of Syntactic Skills and the Conditions for their Relationship with Reading Comprehension: Association of Changes in Home Literacy Over Time with Growth in Young Children’s Syntax Skills” at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading.
Sonia Cabell, Ph.D., (College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) Ashley Edwards, Ph.D. (Florida Center for Reading Research) and Yaccov Petscher, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) presented “Enhancing K-5 Students’ Literacy and Knowledge Through Content-rich Curricula: Sustained Effects of a Content-Rich Literacy Curriculum on Primary Grade Students’ Reading Comprehension” at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading.
Margaret E. Wright-Cleveland, Ph.D. (Office of Faculty Development and Advancement) moderated the panel “Race, Racism, and Primitivism” and presented “Hemingway in Black and White: Insights from the Making of a Special Issue of The Hemingway Review” at the 20th International Hemingway Conference in San Sebastián and Bilbao, Spain.
Tai Cole, MSW and Raegan Hamilton MSW, RCSWI (Stoops Center for Communities, Families, and Children) co-presented “Bouncing off the Walls to Rebound and Recovery” to the Early Learning Coalition of the Seminole 2024 Conference, Orlando, Florida.
Tai Cole, MSW, Raegan Hamilton, MSW, RCSWI and Rosemary Farrell, MSW, RCSWI (Stoops Center for Communities, Families, and Children) presented “Bouncing off the Walls to Rebound and Recovery” at the 2024 National Association Educating Young Children Professional Learning Institute in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Susana Santos, Ph.D. (Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship) presented “Entrepreneurship Education Under Conditions of Poverty: Implications from the Capabilities Theory” at the ECSB Entrepreneurship Education Conference in Amsterdam, where she also led a Professional Development Workshop on Conducting Experiments in Entrepreneurship Education.
Jim Reynolds, Carrie Meyers and Zaida McGinley, MS (Learning Systems Institute) hosted Florida K-5 teachers interested in exploring the foundations of artificial intelligence and its potential to transform the classroom. The professional learning course was part of the InSPIRE FSU initiative.
Colleen Ganley, Ph.D. (Learning Systems Institute) presented a poster on the National Science Foundation-funded Math Lions project at the Mathematical Cognition and Learning Society 2024 Convention in Washington D.C.
Jim Reynolds and Rob Lengacher, MS (Learning Systems Institute) presented “Explore CTE on the CPALMS Platform” at the 58th Annual Conference and Trade Show for the Florida Association for Career and Technical Education.
Tarez Samra Graban, Ph.D. (Department of English) presented “Rhetorics of/in Crisis: Centering Global African Epistemologies” at the 10th biennial conference hosted by the African Association for Rhetoric in Accra, Ghana.
Sylvie Naar, Ph.D. (College of Medicine) presented “Social Determinants of Mental Health in Sexual and Gender Minority Youth Across Florida, U.S.A.” at the International Congress of Psychology in Prague, Czech Republic.
Vic Patrangenaru, Ph.D. (Department of Statistics) presented “Extrinsic PCA” at the International Symposium on Nonparametric Statistics meeting in Braga, Portugal. He also presented “Tests for Matched Pairs of Oriented Projective Shapes” at the International Conference on Robust Statistics meets Conference on Data Science, Statistics and Visualization at George Mason University.
Susan Epstein, MSLS (College of Medicine) presented “Learning to Work Online as a Team” at the 31st International Conference on Learning in Utrecht, Netherlands.
Debra Osborn, Ph.D. (College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) and Barbara-Parker Bell, Ph.D. (College of Fine Arts) presented a four-hour Professional Development Institute training “Creative Approaches to Supporting Mental Health & Career Decision-making During Times of Transition” at the National Career Development Association (NCDA) Professional Development Institute. They also gave a one-hour presentation on fostering career readiness and resilience.
Debra Osborn, Ph.D. (College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) and doctoral students Jacob Stamm, Sabrina Quiroga and Alexander Feliciano presented “What is the Impact of a College Career Course on Career Development Outcomes?” at the National Career Development Association (NCDA) Professional Development Institute.
Ebe Randeree, Ph.D. (College of Communication and Information) presented “Developing Yourselves as Leaders” and “Learning to Lead in a Technical World- Skills that Matter to Employers” at the National Technology Student Association Conference in Orlando, FL.
Marcia Mardis, Ph.D. (School of Information) presented “‘Sometimes You’re in a Tight Spot’: A Woman Welder Reflects on Her Advanced Manufacturing Educational Experiences” at the EdMedia annual conference in Brussels, Belgium.
Meredith McQuerry, Ph.D. (Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship) was a featured panelist at the virtual public workshop on “Reusable Health Care Textiles for Use in Personal Protective Equipment” hosted by The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for her foundational work on disposable versus reusable medical gown performance and the implications for end-user thermal comfort.
Sylvie Naar, Ph.D., Scott Pickett, Ph.D. (College of Medicine) and Laura Reid Marks, Ph.D. (College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) co-authored “Racial Microaggressions, Psychological Distress and Substance use in Emerging Adults of Color in the U.S.,” a presentation Marks delivered at a conference in Prague.
SERVICE
Motoko Akiba, Ph.D. (College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) was selected as the Editor-in-Chief of the American Educational Research Journal.
Susana Santos, Ph.D. (Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship) was appointed as editor for the Entrepreneurship and Innovation section of the Sustainable Communities journal, where her editorial “Building Sustainable Communities Through Entrepreneurship and Innovation” was just published.
Amal Ibourk, Ph.D., Shengli Dong, Ph.D., Yanyun Yang, Ph.D. and Stephanie Zuilkowski, Ed.D. (College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) were selected as associate editors for the 21-member editorial team of the American Educational Research Journal.
Wade Douglas, M.D. (College of Medicine) was appointed to the American Board of Surgery Council and the American Board of Surgery Complex General Surgical Oncology Board of Directors for a six-year term in July.
Setor Kofi Sorkpor, Ph.D., MPH, MSN, RN (College of Nursing) traveled to Ghana to donate a SimMom simulator to a local college of nursing. The donation aims to support nursing education in regions facing resource challenges.
NOTABLE
Jessica Graham, Ph.D. (FSU Panama City) graduated from the Leadership Northwest Florida Class II.
Vilma Fuentes, Ph.D. (Learning Systems Institute) led FSU’s efforts on the BridgeUSA Ukrainian Academic Fellows Program.
Amanda Tazaz, Ph.D. (Learning Systems Institute) completed year one of the Children’s Board of Hillsborough County Successful Start project, during which 150 teachers from 20 Hillsborough County Public Schools joined the Cognitively Guided Instruction teacher training program.
Ashley French and Heather French (Learning Systems Institute) conducted a pre-K2 math assessment project with Florida teachers in Tallahassee.
Gary Taylor, Ph.D. (Department of English) represented his book the “New Oxford Shakespeare” and his forthcoming book “Complete Alternative Versions” in a panel on “Editing Shakespeare in the Twenty-First Century” at the annual British Shakespeare Association conference in Leicester, England.
Qing Mai, Ph.D. (Department of Statistics) was interviewed for the article “Unlocking Statistical Insights: NSF’s Push for Mathematical Foundations of Digital Twins” published in AMSTAT News, the membership magazine of the American Statistical Association.
Christopher Solis, Ph.D. (College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) was selected for a year-long NIH grant writing training program. The program, Future Faculty of Cardiovascular Sciences, is hosted by the University of California at San Diego.
Adrienne Barnes-Story, Ph.D., Ana Marty, Ph.D., and Marion Fesmire, Ed.D. (Learning Systems Institute), working on the United States Agency for International Development Tunoze Gusoma (Schools and Systems) activity, reported numerous accomplishments on the activity in Q3. The team recorded improved pre-primary teacher preparation and professional development systems to develop emergent literacy, that 48 teacher guides for Early Childhood Education are in procurement for teacher training colleges, and that the pre-service team began developing refresher training materials for upcoming training.
Adrienne Barnes-Story, Ph.D. (Learning Systems Institute) traveled to Rwanda and met with the team on the USAID Tunoze Gusoma (Schools and Systems) Activity to plan for year four of the implementation of the activity.
Ebe Randeree, Ph.D. and Faye Jones, Ph.D. (College of Communication and Information) completed the seventh year of FSU iCamp, a 4-week program that introduces high school students to careers in technology.
Carli Culjat, Ph.D., MBA, APRN, FNP-BC (College of Nursing) partnered with HOPE Medical Clinic in Destin, Florida, to enhance health literacy among Hispanic populations.
Jessica Ridgway Clayton, Ph.D. and Meredith McQuerry, Ph.D. (Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship) were honored with the endowed Carol Avery Named Professorship for 2024-2025. This honorable professorship is awarded to faculty who have achieved excellence in teaching, research and service. It honors Dr. Carol Avery Professor Emerita of the Department of Clothing, Textiles and Merchandising at Florida State University, who served as department head from 1979 to 1995.
Michelle Bourgeois, (School of Communication Science and Disorders) retired professor, passed away on July 10, 2024.