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
Laurel Harbin, Ph.D., AICP, LEED-AP (Office of the Provost) has been recognized with two planning awards at the state and national level: the Award of Excellence in Best Practices from the Florida Chapter of the American Planning Association and the Planning Achievement Award from the National Association of Counties for impactful community engagement and participatory planning practices.
Riley Krotz, Ph.D. (College of Business) received the 2024 Advancement in Healthcare Access Award from Shepeard Community Blood Center for his research “Exploring Racial Inequities Among Blood Donors: Quantifying Lives Saved, Donor Attrition, and Firm Revenue.” He also received the 2025 Emerging Scholar Award from the American Marketing Association Retail & Pricing SIG.
Alma Littles, M.D. (College of Medicine) was one of 12 women named Pinnacle Award winners by 850 Business Magazine for outstanding achievement in their respective fields.
Iain Quinn, Ph.D. (College of Music) was appointed as an Honorary Research Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music. During the spring semester he is a Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research, School of Advanced Study, University of London. He has also received the Edith and Richard French Fellowship from the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University for research during the summer.
Dan Mears, Ph.D. (College of Criminology and Criminal Justice) received the Policing Book of the Year Award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences for his book “The Reinvention of Policing: Crime Prevention, Community, and Public Safety.” The award recognizes “a significant publication that has substantially contributed to the understanding, development or practice of policing.”
Laura McTighe, Ph.D. (Department of Religion) had her book “Fire Dreams: Making Black Feminist Liberation in the South” honored on Inquest’s Year in Books article encompassing a list of 2024 publications that moved audiences to continue working toward a world without mass incarceration.
Amal Ibourk, Ph.D. (Anne Spencer Daves College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) was named an Early-Career Research Fellow by the Gulf Research Program of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. She is joining the Education Research track to contribute to the advancement of science, STEM and environmental education in the Gulf region.
Shulamit Shinnar, Ph.D. (Department of Religion) received an honorable mention from the 2024 Innovative Scholarship in Gender and Jewish Studies Award from the Association for Jewish Studies Gender Justice Caucus for her conference paper “Rabbinic Compulsory Able-Bodiedness: Queer Disability Studies and Rabbinic Accommodations for the Sick.”
Sonia Cabell, Ph.D. (Anne Spencer Daves College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences), Ashley Edwards, Ph.D., Rhonda Raines, Ph.D. (Florida Center for Reading Research) and Yaacov Petscher (College of Social Work) had their article “Impact of a Content-Rich Literacy Curriculum on Kindergarteners’ Vocabulary, Listening Comprehension, and Content Knowledge” honored with the Journal of Educational Sciences Editor’s Choice Award.
Taylor Thompson, Ph.D. (College of Medicine) was honored for Outstanding Early Career Contributions to Psychology from the Florida Psychological Association for her work as chair of the statewide Continuing Education Committee for FPA.
Henna Budhwani, Ph.D., MPH (College of Nursing) has been named a fellow of the Society of Adolescent Health and Medicine recognizing her dedication to adolescent health. Budhwani will be publicly acknowledged at the 2025 SAHM Annual Meeting in Baltimore on March 6.
Marsha Hartline, DNP, RN, CNML, CNE (College of Nursing) has earned the esteemed fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives designation. This prestigious honor reflects her unwavering commitment to advancing health management and exemplary leadership. Hartline will be formally honored during the FACHE Convocation Ceremony on March 23 in Houston.
Sabrina L. Dickey, Ph.D., MSN, RN (College of Nursing) has been selected for the Association of Black Nursing Faculty’s 2025 Leadership & Public Policy Mentoring Fellowship. This fellowship promotes representation, advances leadership and integrates public policy and advocacy into teaching, research and service.
GRANTS
Elizabeth Madden, Ph.D. (School of Communication Science and Disorders) was awarded a grant from the New Jersey Health Foundation with PI Olga Boukrina at the Kessler Foundation. The grant project “Enhancing Reading Recovery in Aphasia with Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Phono-Motor Treatment” was selected for a $50,000 award to support their efforts to develop innovative therapies for individuals with aphasia.
BYLINES
Changhyun Nam (Lyon), Ph.D. (Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship) authored “Case Study of Potential Design Perceptions for 3D-Printed Accessories Made of Used Face Masks” published in Clean Technologies and Recycling by AIMS Press.
Amy Huber, MS and Arely Cavazos, MFA (Department of Interior Architecture & Design) co-authored the manuscript “Building Retail Futures: A Stakeholder and Community-Engaged Approach” published in the 2024 volume of “Communication + Place,” the journal of the Society of Environmental Graphic Designers.
Gashaye Tefera, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) authored “Exploring Lack of Trust and its Impact on Access and Utilization of Primary Healthcare Services Among African Immigrant Women in the United States: A Qualitative Study of Ethiopian Immigrant Women” in the journal BMC Health Services Research. He also co-authored “Mental Wellbeing in Pre- and Post-Pandemic Era: Perspectives of US College Students, Faculty and Administrators” published in the journal Applied Research Quality Life and “The Forgotten Minority: Qualitative Exploration of Stressors Experienced by African International Students in the USA During COVID-19” published in the Journal of Human Rights and Social Work.
Jeffrey Lacasse, Ph.D. and Lisa Schelbe, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) co-authored the article “Factors that Influence MSW Students’ Referral Decisions for Depression: A Factorial Survey” in the journal Research on Social Work Practice.
Melissa Murphy, Ph.D. (College of Medicine) Jeffrey Lacasse, Ph.D. and Lisa Schelbe, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) co-authored “Predicting depression Improvement: A Factorial Survey of MSW Students’ Prognostic Judgements” published in Social Work and Mental Health.
Kristy Anderson, Ph.D. and Melissa Radey, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) co-authored “Material Hardship and Sources of Support for Autistic Adolescents and their Families” in the journal Autism.
Setor Sorkpor, Ph.D., MPH, MSN, RN, Yijiong Yang, Ph.D., MHA, Brittany Lane, Ph.D., MPH, Hongyu Miao, Ph.D., Jing Wang, Ph.D., MPH, RN, FAAN (College of Nursing) and Gashaye Tefera, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) co-authored the article “Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia Among Black Adults Stratified by Nativity” in the Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health.
Tomi Gomory, Ph.D. and Jeffrey Lacasse, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) co-authored two book chapters “Clinical Social Work and the Biomedical Industrial Complex” and “Fifteen Years Later: A Sociopolitical Biomedical Industrial Complex” in the book “Institutionalized Madness: The Interplay of Psychiatry and Society’s Institutions” published by Ethics Press.
Melissa Radey, Ph.D. (College of Social Work), Leonore McWey, Ph.D. (nne Spencer Daves College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences), Kristine Posada, MSW (Florida Institute for Child Welfare) and doctoral student Carson Outler co-authored the article ”’Knock me down a little bit more’: Support networks of parents impacted by the child welfare system, a mixed methods study in Child Abuse and Neglect.”
Michael Killian, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) and doctoral student Zhe Yang co-authored the article “A Systematic Review of Anxiety Measurement Scales in Pediatric Organ Transplantation Patients” in the journal Progress in Transplantation.
Bruce Thyer, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) co-authored the article “Promoting Policy Practice Among Social Work Students: A Review of Outcome Studies” published in the Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare.
Qinchun Rao, Ph.D. (Anne Spencer Daves College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) co-authored “Quantitative Assessment of Bony Fish Tropomyosin Using a Monoclonal Antibody Competitive ELISA” published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. Doctoral candidate Yaqi Zhao was the lead author and doctoral student Chufeng Bai was co-author alongside alumna Xingyi Jiang.
Jason Williams, Ph.D. and Joseph Watso, Ph.D. (Anne Spencer Daves College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) co-authored “Upper Leg Muscular Co-Contraction During Maximal-Speed Sprinting in Male Club Ice Hockey Athletes,” published in Sports Medicine — Open.
Mia Liza A. Lustria, Ph.D., Zhe He, Ph.D. (School of Information), Obianuju Aliche, Ph.D. (College of Medicine) and Michael Killian, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) had their paper “Enhancing Patient Engagement and Understanding: Is Providing Direct Access to Laboratory Results through Patient Portals Adequate?” published in the journal JAMIA Open.
Christina Parker-Flynn, Ph.D. (Department of English) published “Seeing and Nothingness: Doing Film/Theory with Hemingway’s ‘The Killers’” in the book “Hemingway and Film: Reflections on Teaching, Reading and Understanding.”
Tarez Samra Graban, Ph.D. (Department of English) published “‘Thinking Different’: Exchanging Archival Data Across Transnational Time and Space” in “The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Feminist Rhetoric.” She also co-authored “A Reflection on Archival Liberation and Power” in volume 27 of the Journal for the History of Rhetoric.
Jay Kesten, LL.M. (College of Law) authored “Of Convergence and Contingency: Some Thoughts on Public Firm Fiduciary Duties” in the Florida Law Review.
Daejin Kim, Ph.D. (Department of Interior Architecture & Design) co-published a book in Korean titled “Case Study on Housing Supply for Retired Elderly Individuals.” As a co-author, he introduced various co-location projects in the United States.
Michael Carrasco, Ph.D. (Department of Art History) co-authored the article “Threats to Cycad Biocultural Heritage in the Amami Islands, Japan” published in the journal Plant Species Biology. He also authored “Toward a Poetics of Maya Art and Writing” published in the Cambridge Archeological Journal.
Henna Budhwani, Ph.D., MPH (College of Nursing) co-authored “The Association of HIV Criminalization Law and Disparities in Transplant Education among People with HIV” published in the journal AIDS Behav.
Tarez Samra Graban, Ph.D. (Department of English) published “‘Thinking Different’: Exchanging Archival Data Across Transnational Time and Space” in “The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Feminist Rhetoric.” The chapter considers how feminist historiographers would potentially recreate networks of intellectual and philosophical streams, rivers and branches in challenging expectations of Southern African women’s archivable legacies. She also co-authored “A Reflection on Archival Liberation and Power” in volume 27 of the Journal for the History of Rhetoric.
Robin Goodman, Ph.D. (Department of English) published her book “Cinema and the Political Imagination” which examines films that have adopted third cinema’s techniques in displaying political intervention with the publisher Routledge.
Paul Renfro, Ph.D. (Department of History) published his piece “The 2000s and the End of American Optimism” in The New Republic. The essay details how the new millennium had promised a more stable existence but how that idea has now come crashing down.
Jie Chen, Ph.D., RN (College of Nursing) co-authored “Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Managing Pain: A Scoping Review” published in the journal Pain Manag Nurs.
Timothy Baghurst, Ph.D. (Anne Spencer Daves College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) authored “Coaching Endorsements, Certifications, Policies, and the Need for Reform in Florida School Sports: Why We Need to Lead the Change” published in Quest, the official journal of the National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education.
Qinchun Rao, Ph.D., (Anne Spencer Daves College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences), doctoral students Chunya Tang and Yaqi Zhao and postdoctoral fellow Yu-Jou Chou co-authored the article “Exploring the Effects of Plasma-Activated Water and Probe-Type Ultrasonication on White Shrimp (Litopenaeus Setiferus) and Atlantic Cod (Gadus Morhua) Proteins: A Comparative Study” published in the journal LWT – Food Science and Technology.
Lisa Jackson, MSW (College of Social Work) co-authored the presentation “Dispelling the 3% Storyline: Systematic Review of Secondary and Postsecondary Education Outcomes for Young People with Foster Care Backgrounds” presented at the Society for Social Work and Research Conference in Seattle, Washington.
J. Bart Klika, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) co-authored the poster “State Policy Variations in Childcare Subsidies and Physical Intimate Partner Violence” presented at the Society for Social Work and Research Conference in Seattle, Washington.
Beren Crim Sabuncu, MSW (College of Social Work) co-authored the presentation “HIV Testing Frequency & Predictors in a Statewide Sample of Transgender, Nonbinary, and Intersex Adults” at the Society for Social Work and Research Conference in Seattle, Washington.
Javier I. Rosado, Ph.D., Jean K. Mesidor, Ph.D., Yuxia Wang, MPH, Lisandra Torres, Ph.D., Gregg Stanwood, Ph.D. (College of Medicine) and college alumna Sheena Chege, MD co-published “Assessment of adverse childhood experiences from a rural agricultural community: Associations with depressive symptoms and psychosocial problems” in the journal Neurotoxicology and Teratology.
Yijiong Yang, Ph.D., MHA, Hongyu Miao, Ph.D. and Jing Wang, Ph.D., MPH, RN, FAAN (College of Nursing) co-authored “Comparing Total Medical Costs of Surgical Treatment Versus Nonoperative Care for Femoral Neck Fractures Among Alzheimer’s Disease Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study” published in the Geriatr Nurs.
Vivian Mills, Ph.D. and Lisa Magruder, Ph.D. (Florida Institute for Child Welfare) co-authored the poster “Navigating Protective Factors That Improve Parenting Competence Among Caregivers of Youth in Foster Care” at the Society for Social Work and Research Conference in Seattle, Washington.
Elizabeth Cecil, Ph.D. and Sonia Hazard, Ph.D. (Department of Religion) co-edited a special issue of the Textual Cultures journal with a main theme of material texts including religion, mobility and responsibility.
Christina Parker-Flynn, Ph.D. (Department of English) published “Seeing and Nothingness: Doing Film/Theory with Hemingway’s ‘The Killers’” in “Hemingway and Film: Reflections on Teaching, Reading and Understanding.” Her chapter delves into how Hemingway’s “The Killers” is instructive and imperative for understanding adaptation by its complex relationship between text and film.
PRESENTATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Perry Wissinger, Ph.D. (College of Business) presented “Denver LEED Certification Multifamily Rent Premiums” at the Twenty-First International Conference on Environmental and Social Sustainability in Miami.
Lauren Stanley, Ph.D., Dina Wilke, Ph.D., Melissa Radey, Ph.D. and Lisa Magruder, Ph.D. (Florida Institute for Child Welfare and College of Social Work) presented the paper “Predictor Importance of Job Attributes to Burnout in Child Welfare Worker” at the Society for Social Work and Research Conference in Seattle, Washington.
Anissa Ford, M.A. and Li Pon, M.A. (Career Center) presented “Unlock Transformative Experiential Learning with FSUshadow and InternFSU” at the 2024 Southern Association of Colleges & Employers Annual Conference in Orlando, Fla.
Gashaye Tefera, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) presented the poster “Exploring Mental Wellbeing in the Pre-and Post-Pandemic Era: Perspectives of Midwestern College Students, Faculty, and Administrators” at the Society for Social Work and Research Conference in Seattle, Washington.
Gashaye Tefera, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) and doctoral student Ngondwe Ponsiano presented the posters “The Overlooked War in Northern Ethiopia: Examining Psychological Capital, Mental Distress, and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Among Internally Displaced People in Amhara Region” and “Barriers and Facilitators of Access to Healthcare Among Immigrants with Disabilities: A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis” at the Society for Social Work and Research Conference in Seattle, Washington.
Katrina Boone, MSW and Amy L. Ai, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) presented, “Substance Use for Coping Predicts Posttraumatic Stress Symptom in Black and White Disaster Volunteers” at the Society for Social Work and Research Conference in Seattle, Washington.
Tanya Renn, Ph.D. and John Moore, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) presented “Understanding Substance Use Treatment Outcomes for American Indian and Alaska Native Individuals with Legal Involvement” at the Society for Social Work and Research Conference in Seattle, Washington.
Bart Klika, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) presented “The Protective Impact of Childcare Subsidies on the Emotional Neglect of Children” at the Society for Social Work and Research Conference in Seattle, Washington.
John Moore, Ph.D. and Tanya Renn, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) presented “Geographic Differences in Perceptions of Problematic Substance Use Among Persons with Community Corrections Involvement” at the Society for Social Work and Research Conference in Seattle, Washington.
John Moore, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) presented “Substance Use Treatment Among Veterans: Self-Help’s Impact Before, During, or Both” at the Society for Social Work and Research Conference in Seattle, Washington.
Shamra Boel-Studt, Ph.D., Darejan Dvalishvili, Ph.D., Jonathan Huefner, Ph.D. (Institute for Quality Children’s Services) and doctoral student Essa Sabti Samarah presented the paper “The Quality Standards Assessment: Connecting Quality Care with Youth Outcomes” at the Society for Social Work and Research Conference in Seattle, Washington.
Shamra Boel-Studt, Ph.D., Esaa Samarah, MSW, Lauren Herod, MSW (College of Social Work), Darejan Dvalishvili, Ph.D. and Vivian Mills, Ph.D. (Florida Institute for Child Welfare) presented “An Evaluation of Advanced Certification Training for Child Welfare Professionals” at the Society for Social Work and Research Conference in Seattle, Washington.
Beth Okantey, MSW, Neil Abell, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) and Emily Joyce, M.Ed. (Florida Institute for Child Welfare) presented “Navigating Together: Advancing U.S. Global Social Work Education during COVID-19 and Beyond” at the Society for Social Work and Research Conference in Seattle, Washington.
Amy L. Ai, Ph.D. and Yaacov Petscher, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) presented “PTSD Mediated the Link between Childhood Mistreatment and Substance Use in Latinx Nationwide: Discrimination in an Omitted-Variable Bias” at the Society for Social Work and Research Conference in Seattle, Washington.
Susan Epstein, MSLS (College of Medicine) co-presented “Strategies and Tips for Resolving Access Issues with Vendors” virtually for the Panhandle Library Access Network.
Amy L. Ai, Ph.D. and Katrina Boone, MSW (College of Social Work) presented “Racial/Ethnic Identity Associated with Major Depression Differently in Subgroup Asian Americans Nationwide” at the Society for Social Work and Research Conference in Seattle, Washington.
Amy L. Ai, Ph.D. and John Moore, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) presented “Determinants of Reduced Substance Use and Treatment Completion Among Adults with Comorbid Substance Misuse and Psychotic Disorders” at the Society for Social Work and Research Conference in Seattle, Washington.
Schyler Brumm, MSW, Michael Killian, Ph.D., Lisa Schelbe, Ph.D. and Sonnie Mayewski, MSW (College of Social Work) presented “Pre-Transplant Psychosocial Assessment and Preparing Families for Pediatric Organ Transplantation” at the Society for Social Work and Research Conference in Seattle, Washington.
Lauren Stanley, Ph.D., Jiwan Nam-Speers, Ph.D., Sophia Lutz, PsyD, (Florida Institute for Child Welfare), Michaé Cain, MSW and Dina Wilke, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) presented “Dealing with Difficult Cases: Advice Experienced Caseworkers Would Tell Newly-Hired Colleagues” at the Society for Social Work and Research Conference in Seattle, Washington.
Vivian Mills, Ph.D. and Darejan Dvalishvili (College of Social Work) presented “Perspectives of Parental Engagement in Child Welfare: Voices of Parents and Frontline Workers” at the Society for Social Work and Research Conference in Seattle, Washington.
Melissa Radey, Ph.D. and Dina Wilke, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) presented “Persistent Impacts of Client Violence: Emotional Health Among Child Protective Services Workers” at the Society for Social Work and Research Conference in Seattle, Washington.
Michael Killian, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) and doctoral student Sonnie Mayeski presented “Exploring the Intersection of Mental Health Challenges and Medical Adherence in Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Patients” at the Society for Social Work and Research Conference in Seattle, Washington.
Michael Killian, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) and doctoral student Zhe Yang presented “Development of an Ontology of Social Determinants of Health for Pediatrics” at the Society for Social Work and Research Conference in Seattle, Washington.
Michael Killian, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) and doctoral students Sonnie Mayewski and Schyler Brumm presented “Multifaceted Approach to Promotion of Medication Adherence Using Mobile Health App with Adolescent Heart Transplant Recipients” at the Society for Social Work and Research Conference in Seattle, Washington.
Allison B. Peters, Ph.D. (Division of Undergraduate Studies) and Samantha Nix, Ph.D. (Institutional Research) presented the poster “Improving Persistence: FSU’s Course Repeat Program” at the 2025 Undergraduate Education at Research Universities Annual Conference in Washington D.C.
Rob Liddell, Ph.D. (Career Center) spoke at the January Florida Chamber of Commerce’s Future of Work: Workforce Wednesday Webinar Series “Enhancing Business and Career Center Connections.”
Ebe Randeree, Ph.D. (College of Communication and Information) presented “The Tech Jobs Are Shifting: What Should You Be Teaching?” at Florida Career Pathways Network’s Annual Symposium 2025.
Cathy Levenson, Ph.D. (College of Medicine), Dawn Carr, Ph.D. (College of Social Sciences and Public Policy) and Lynn Panton, Ph.D. (Anne Spencer Daves College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) presented strategies for healthy aging and lifelong wellness at the Florida Senate staff’s Workplace Wellness Seminar.
Timothy Baghurst, Ph.D. (Anne Spencer Daves College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) presented “Diversifying your Skillset: Why ‘You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know’ is Hurting your Program” to Florida athletic directors at the Florida Athletic Coaches Association conference.
Megan Buning, Ph.D. (Anne Spencer Daves College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) gave two presentations at the National Association of Kinesiology in Higher Education conference: a solo presentation “Teaching Using Teams in Research Courses” and a presentation conducted with three M.S. students — Diahann Lassus, Lyndsay Johnson, and Dave Plettl — titled “Journey to the Core: Helping Coaches Create Anchors through Core Values.”
Christopher Mulrooney, Ph.D. (College of Medicine) presented “Building Community: What is Person-Directed Living?” at the National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care 48th Annual Conference in San Francisco.
PERFORMANCES AND EXHIBITIONS
Meredith Lynn, MFA (Department of Art) has her exhibition “Bad Outdoorsmen” on display at the Crisp Ellery Art Museum at Flagler College in St. Augustine through Saturday, April 19.
Allison Spence, MFA (Department of Art) has work featured in the exhibition “Untitled Frankenstein” at Transylvania University in Kentucky through Feb. 21.
Grace Ali, MFA (Department of Art) curated the show “Donald Locke: Nexus” at Atlanta Contemporary, a non-profit institution dedicated to the creation, presentation and advancement of contemporary art. Ali also hosted an Artist Conversation.
Abbey Hale and Jamie Butler (Career Center) presented the roundtable discussion “Collaborating with Employers on Real-World Challenges to Prepare Students for the Workplace” at the 2024 Southern Association of Colleges and Employers Annual Conference in Orlando.
SERVICE
Bruce Thyer, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) convened the “Research on Social Work Journal” Special Interest Group meeting at the Society for Social Work and Research Conference in Seattle, Washington.
Tracey Dowling (Career Center) was invited to serve on the inaugural Career Development Advisory Committee for the CEA CAPA Education Abroad, a third-party provider for international experiential learning and study abroad opportunities.
Delaney Sills (University Housing) has been selected as the committee chair-select for the Southeastern Association of Housing Officers region’s Marketing & Organizational Promotions committee.
Ericka Horne, MPH (College of Medicine) facilitated a roundtable discussion presenting co-authored research “Disparities on Adverse Childhood Experiences and Health Outcomes by Ethnicity in Florida, Comparing 2019 and 2020 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Data” at the 2024 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference in Minneapolis.
Jennifer Schnippert, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC (College of Nursing) participated in the Girl Scout STEM Career Fair, engaging with nearly 100 Girl Scouts, ages 5 to 17, to inspire them about exciting nursing careers and opportunities at the FSU College of Nursing.
Rachel Blakesley (University Housing) has been selected to serve as the committee chair-select for the Southeastern Association of Housing Officers region’s Career Support Services committee.
Rob Liddell, Ph.D. (Career Center) was selected to serve as a member of the National Association of Colleges and Employers Career Pathways Profession Task Force. He is also serving the Council for the Advancement of Standards on their Expert Advisory Group to help review their Internship Program Standard.
Amy L. Ai, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) organized the symposia on “The Context of Substance Use and Mental Health in Diverse Populations” with Bruce Thyer, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) as discussant at the Society for Social Work and Research Conference in Seattle, Washington.
Remy Jennings, Ph.D. (College of Business) was recently appointed to the editorial board for the peer-reviewed journal Personnel Psychology.
Tanya Renn, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) moderated the session “Psychosocial Wellbeing and Health: Addressing Loneliness, Connection, and Inequities Across Diverse Communities” she also moderated the Flash Talk session on “Resilience and Prevention, Trauma, and Systems of Care” at the Society for Social Work and Research Conference in Seattle, Washington.
Michael Killian, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) moderated the Flash Talk session on “Innovative Interventions in Social Work: From Technology to Therapy” and organized the symposium “Social Work Practice in Pediatric Chronic Illness: Research on Risk Factors, Assessment, and Intervention in Pediatric Solid Organ Transplantation” at the Society for Social Work and Research Conference in Seattle, Washington.
Lisa Schelbe, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) moderated the Flash Talk session on “Listening to Young People in Foster Care and their Caregivers” at the Society for Social Work and Research Conference in Seattle, Washington.
Riley Krotz, Ph.D. (College of Business) was appointed to the Board of Directors of Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Big Bend and to the Editorial Review Board of the Journal of Public Policy & Marketing.
Kathleen Wilson, Ph.D., APRN, CPNP, FNP-BC, BC-ADM, FAANP, FNAP, DipACLM (College of Nursing) was invited to serve as the American Association of Nurse Practitioners nominated representative on the guideline development panel for the update of the Endocrine Society’s clinical practice guideline on Pharmacological Management of Obesity. Kathleen is the only nurse practitioner invited to serve on this predominantly physician led panel of 19 members.
David Newheiser, Ph.D. (Department of Religion) has begun serving as Vice-Chair of the American Academy of Religion’s Committee for the Public Understanding of Religion. The committee fosters attention and a broader understanding between the public and the role of religion in public life.
Julie Decker, M.Ed. (FSU Alumni Association) is the co-chair for the Council of Alumni Association Executives 2025 Winter Institute in San Antonio. She also serves on the CAAE Board of Directors.
Ericka Horne, MPH (College of Medicine) is serving as president of the Black Caucus of Health Workers at the American Public Health Association. She also sits on the board of the Florida Public Health Association as Student Engagement Co-Chair.
Alma Littles, M.D. (College of Medicine) was appointed to a four-year term on the Graduate Medical Education Committee for the State of Florida Agency for Health Care Administration.
Anne Coldiron, Ph.D. (Department of English) has been selected for the editorial board of the Publications of the Bibliographical Society of America journal (PBSA). She has also been reappointed to the Durham University’s advisory board for the U.K. book series “Translatio,” which invites work showing the force and encountered obstacle of key words, concepts and texts as they are translated between languages and cultures. Coldiron has also been reappointed to the board of advisors for the U.K. multi-disciplinary journal Renaissance Studies, publishing on all aspects of Renaissance culture and history.
Lara Perez-Felkner, Ph.D. (Anne Spencer Daves College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) was named associate editor of Research in Higher Education.
Veronica Fleury, Ph.D. (Anne Spencer Daves College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) was appointed associate editor of the Journal of Early Intervention.
Phil Hiver, Ph.D. (Anne Spencer Daves College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) was named associate editor of System.
NOTABLE
Virginia Walker, Ph.D., a retired School of Communication Science and Disorders Professor who served at FSU from 1979-2005, passed away on January 16, 2025.
Richard Waters, Ph.D. (College of Communication and Information) accompanied a team of PR students to the Direct Effect Innovation Challenge at the University of South Florida. The students won the competition, in which they were challenged to attract attention from food enthusiasts to Tampa Bay’s emerging food scene by designing a campaign with a direct mail piece and a presentation in less than 3.5 hours.
The Learning Systems Institute is hosting educators from Zambia and Egypt to learn about the academic environment at Florida State. These are the 13th and 14th fellows from Zambia and the second cohort of four fellows from Egypt. Both cohorts are participating in USAID projects being led by Stephanie Simmons Zuilkowski, Ph.D. (Learning Systems Institute and Anne Spencer Daves College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences).
The CPALMS team at the Florida Center for Research in STEM launched a new series for Florida teachers. “The New Year, New Ideas” campaign offers new ways to incorporate student-centered instruction into the classroom and is being led by Ashley French (Learning Systems Institute).
Research on K-12 career and technical education conducted by Matthew Lenard, Ph.D. (Anne Spencer Daves College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) was included in the 2025 Economic Report of the President (chapter 7, page 278).