Florida State University’s distinguished faculty are central to the mission of the university. Faculty excellence in scholarship, research, and creative activity is critical to the quality of student learning and makes a difference in the lives of others.
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
Henna Budhwani, Ph.D., MPH (College of Nursing), was awarded the 2026 Robert H. DuRant Award for Statistical Rigor and Innovation in Adolescent Health Research from the Society of Adolescent Health and Medicine.
Alicia “Ali” Craig-Rodriguez, DNP, MBA, APRN, FNP-BC, DIPACLM (College of Nursing) was selected as a fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.
Allison McHugh, DNP, MHCDS, RN, NE-BC (College of Nursing) was inducted as a member of the National Academies of Practices at their annual conference in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Olivia Cook, Ph.D. (Department of Psychology) was named the 2026 National Postdoctoral of the Year by the National Postdoctoral Association.
Zduy Chu, Ed.D. (Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs) was awarded the 2026 Doris Michiko Ching Shattering the Glass Ceiling Award by the NASPA Asian/Pacific Islander Knowledge Community for his work and impact on the student affairs profession through leadership, service and scholarship.
Hannah Cronic (Department of Student Support and Transitions) received the 2026 Unsung Shero Award at Oasis Center for Women & Girls Trailblazers luncheon in recognition of her mentorship to students and her work as a victim advocate.
Mark Belfast, Ph.D. (College of Music) was named the 2026–2027 College Music Educator of the Year by the Florida Music Education Association.
Shenifa Taite, Ed.D. (College of Medicine) received a 2026 Exceptional Mentor Award from the American Medical Women’s Association.
Ewa (Ava) Bienkiewicz, Ph.D. and Pradeep Bhide, Ph.D. (College of Medicine) were selected as senior members of the National Academy of Inventors.
Amber Ward, Ph. D. (Department of Art Education) was awarded the 2026 National Art Education Association, Ecology and Environment Interest Group Publication Award for her book “Relational encounters with folk school pedagogies: Craft as creative inquiry.”
E. Rankin, Ph.D. (Florida Institute for Child Welfare) was awarded the 2025 Article of the Year by Corrections: Policy, Practice and Research for her publication “Correctional Officer Stress and Prison Management: Does Stress Alter Rule Enforcement Modus Operandi?”
GRANTS
Weikuan Yu, Ph.D. (Department of Computer Science) was awarded an $85,000 Lawrence Livermore National Lab grant for research on data reduction for efficient checkpoints and restarts of large language model applications. Yu and his team plan to develop a checkpoint/restart library to enable data reduction for the checkpoints of large-scale large language model applications.
Henna Budhwani, Ph.D., MPH (College of Nursing) secured $400,000 in funding as co-Investigator from the American Heart Association project “Preventing Cardiovascular Collapse in Sepsis through Senolytic Therapy.”
BYLINES
Kyle Smith, Ph.D., Joseph Watso, Ph.D. (Anne Spencer Daves College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) and doctoral candidates Christin Domeier, Joseph Vondrasek and Thomas Bissen co-authored “Acute Kidney Injury Biomarker Responses in Young and Older Female Adults Following Mild Hypohydration” published in Renal Physiology.
Carlo Cinaglia, Ph.D. (Anne Spencer Daves College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) co-authored “Mentoring for Well-Being in (un)caring Institutions: Possibilities and Limitations for Language Teacher Education” published in The Modern Language Journal. He also co-authored “The Principle-practice Gap: A Methodological Synthesis of Discrepancies Between Narrative Inquiry Ethical Ideals and Actual Reporting Practices” published in Language Teaching.
Christopher Solís, Ph.D. and postdoctoral scholar Helene Tigro, Ph.D. (Anne Spencer Daves College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) co-authored “In Silico Conformational Dynamics of the α-actinin-2 actin-binding Domain upon Phosphorylation” published in Biophysical Journal.
Joseph Watso, Ph.D. (Anne Spencer Daves College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) and Ph.D. candidate Thomas Bissen co-authored “Obesity and Ventilatory Responses During Exercise in the Fitness Registry and the Importance of Exercise National Database (FRIEND)” published in the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports.
Timothy Baghurst, Ph.D. (Anne Spencer Daves College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) co-authored “10 Steps to Successfully Developing a New University Program in Kinesiology and Sport Science” published in Quest.
Ibrahim Yigit, Ph.D., MA and Henna Budhwani, Ph.D., MPH (College of Nursing) co-authored “Association Between HIV Knowledge and Stigma Among HIV Healthcare Workers in the Dominican Republic: The Role of Empathy and Social Distance” published in Stigma and Health.
Henna Budhwani, Ph.D., MPH (College of Nursing) co-authored “Individual and Interpersonal Barriers to Maternal and Neonatal Care in Cameroon” published at the International Journal of Women’s Health. She also co-authored “I Want to Live: A Qualitative Investigation of Barriers and Facilitators to Maintaining Mental Health and ART Adherence in People with HIV in Philadelphia” published in the Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care.
Anne Coldiron, Ph.D. (Department of English) authored “Visibility: Contingencies, Ruptures, Kinds” as a chapter in the book “The Translator’s Visibility” published by Routledge. She also authored “Translation and Early Printing: Caxton” in volume three of “A Cultural History of Translation” published by Bloomsbury.
Lindsey Eckert, Ph.D. (Department of English) authored “’Rather Ridicule than Censure’: Lady Caroline Lamb, Frances Arabella Rowden, and the Art of Respectability” published in volume 23 of the Literature Compass journal.
Stanley Gontarski, Ph.D. (Department of English) authored “Surrealism Re-Viewed: L’Esprit Surréaliste” published in volume 15 of the Humanities journal.
Robin Goodman, Ph.D. (Department of English) authored the monograph “Milestones in Critical Feminist Theory” published by Routledge.
Charlie McMartin, Ph.D. (Department of English) co-edited the book “Next-Gen Perspectives on Leadership: Coalitional Strategies for Launching Careers, Renewing Curricula, and Defending Democracy” published with Utah State University Press.
Charles Upchurch, Ph.D. (Department of History) authored “Claiming the Revolution: Gender, Sexuality and the Radical Promise of 1776” published in Ms. Magazine, as a part of their FEMINIST 250: Founding Feminists series.
Stephen Tripodi, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) co-authored the article “Sex Differences in the Association Between Childhood Cyberbullying Victimization and College Sexual Assault: Moderating Roles of Parental Monitoring and Relationship with Deviant Peers” published in the journal Violence Against Women.
Michael Killian, Ph.D., Sonnie Mayewski, MSW, Skyler Brumm, MSW (College of Social Work) and Callie Little, Ph.D. (Florida Center for Reading Research) co-authored the article “Growth Trajectories of Medication Adherence in Pediatric Organ Transplantation and their Relationship to Postransplant Health Outcomes” published in Transplantation Direct.
Kristy Anderson, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) co-authored the article “National Profile of Adult SSI Recipients with Autism and Intellectual Disability in Medicaid” published in the journal Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.
Henna Budhwani, Ph.D., MPH and Ibrahim Yigit, Ph.D. (College of Nursing) co-authored “Association Between HIV Knowledge and Stigma Among HIV Healthcare Workers in the Dominican Republic: The Role of Empathy and Social Distance” in the journal Stigma and Health.
Stephanie Zuilkowski, Ed.D. and Ana Marty, Ph.D. (Learning Systems Institute) authored “Examining the Teaching Practicum in Zambia: Strengths, Weaknesses, and Opportunities” in the Global Education Review.
Anna Romanova, Ph.D. (Learning Systems Institute) authored “Psycho-Emotional Climate and State of Participants in the Educational Process Amidst Crisis in Ukraine” published in Clinical and Preventive Medicine. She also authored “Model for Managing Psychological Safety and Resilience in Educational Institutions During War” published in University Scientific Notes.
Sladjana Lukic, Ph.D. (School of Communication Science and Disorders) published “The Production of Clitics in Serbian Speakers with Stroke Aphasia,” providing a sensitive linguistic marker for distinguishing aphasia profiles in Brain Sciences.
Suvranu De, Sc.D., (FAMU-FSU College of Engineering) co-authored the textbook “Quantum Computing for Engineers,” a new guide to translate the principles of quantum mechanics into practical computational tools for engineers, which was published by Springer.
Qiuchang (Katy) Cao, Ph.D. (College of Social Work), Elizabeth Madden, Ph.D. (College of Communication and Information) and Lucinda Graven, Ph.D. (College of Nursing) co-authored “Caregiving Burden and Depressive Symptoms in Aphasia Caregivers: The Moderating Role of Friendship Support” in the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology.
Dawn Carr, Ph.D. (Claude Pepper Center), Qiuchang (Katy) Cao, Ph.D. and Melissa Radey, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) co-authored “Sex Differences in the Association Between Occupational Environment Exposures and Cognitive Function Outcomes in Later Life” in The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Social Sciences.
Laura Vaughn, Ph.D. (Anne Spencer Daves College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) and Kyanna Austin (Department of Student Engagement) authored “Understanding, Discussing, and Embodying Leadership Through Graduate Student Government” published in The Journal of Campus Activities Practice and Scholarship.
Michael Killian, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) and doctoral candidates Sonnie Mayewski and Zhe Yang co-authored “Mental Health, Nonadherence, and Healthcare Utilization in Pediatric Solid Organ Transplantation: Evidence from a Multistate Cohort” published in the journal Pediatric Transplantation.
Katie Berry, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) and Emily Davison, Ph.D. (Florida Institute for Child Welfare) co-authored “SB 204 Evidence Brief 1: Caregiver Training” which was added to the Child Welfare Information Library and featured in the monthly newsletter.
Fredrick Abbott, J.D, LL.M (College of Law) authored “The WTO TRIPS Agreement in the Post-WTO World: The Emerging Common Law of International IP” published in the journal Trade, Law and Development. He also published his book “Advanced Introduction to Pharmaceutical Law” published by Edward Elgar.
Erin Ryan, J.D. (College of Law) authored the book “Law for the Land: The Public Trust Doctrine, Mono Lake, and a Quiet Revolution in Environmental Law” published by Cambridge University Press.
Michael Carrasco, Ph.D. (Department of Art History) authored “The Spread of Cycad Aulacaspis Scale (CAS): Ecological Collapse and Cultural Erosion of Cycas revoluta in the Amami Islands, Japan” published in the South Pacific Studies journal.
Grace Aneiza Ali, MA (Department of Art) authored “A Curator’s Annotations” published in the art magazine Burnaway.
Changhyun (Lyon) Nam, Ph.D. (Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship) authored “How People Decide to Protect their Health: A Protection Motivation Theory–Theory of Reasoned Action Perspective” published in the Korean Journal of Health Promotion.
Bani Malhotra, Ph.D. (Department of Art Education) co-authored “Disability Level and Visibility: Associations with Unmet Academic Accommodation Needs and Attitudes Toward Requesting Accommodations” published by PLos, “The Disability Identity Development Scale-Short Form: Development and Validation in General and TGNB Disability Samples” published in the journal Rehabilitation Psychology, and “Psychological Adjustment in Inpatient Settings” published in the journal Inpatient Neuropsychology.
PRESENTATIONS
Nick Freeman, MBA and Diamond Boston (Center for Academic Retention and Enhancement) presented “Not Just a Bridge, but a Launchpad” at the Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience, hosted by the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition.
Henna Budhwani, Ph.D., MPH (College of Nursing) co-presented the poster “Nephrology Care and Poverty Among People Living with HIV and End-Stage Kidney Disease” at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections.
Mirine Richey, DrPH, MPH, IBCLC (Research Faculty, Center for Prevention & Early Intervention Policy) presented the findings from “Breastfeeding Initiation Rate Quality Improvement Project for Tennessee” at the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs Conference in Washington, D.C.
Charles Upchurch, Ph.D. (Department of History) presented “Claiming the Revolution: Feminists, LGBTQ People, and 1776” at Tallahassee Pridefest.
JaNiene Peoples, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) presented the posters “Disentangling Daily Between- and Within-Person Dynamics of Racial Discrimination and Alcohol and Cannabis Use Among Black College Students” and “Co-Designing Digital Substance Use Research: Lessons from a Community-Engaged EMA Study with Black College Students” at the American Academy of Health Behavior conference in Austin, Texas.
Nilay Ozok Gundogan, Ph.D. (Department of History) presented “Noble Descent and Genealogical Claims in Ottoman Kurdistan” during the “Genealogy, Family History, and Life Writing across Early Modern European and Mediterranean Nobilities” panel at the Renaissance Society of America’s Annual Meeting, in San Francisco, California.
Changhyun (Lyon) Nam, Ph.D. (Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship), Michael Trammell, Ph.D. (Herbert Wertheim College of Business) and graduate student Cristina Brasfield presented “From Waste into Opportunity: Community-Based Recycling, Upcycling, and Sustainability” at the United States Association for Small Business & Entrepreneurship conference.
Changhyun (Lyon) Nam, Ph.D. (Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship) and graduate students Cristina Brasfield and Akerke Kuanysh presented “Click, Trust, and Buy: Digital Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Innovation in Secondhand Luxury Platforms,” at the United States Association for Small Business & Entrepreneurship conference.
Changhyun (Lyon) Nam, Ph.D. (Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship) and graduate student Akerke Kuanysh presented “A Cross-Cultural Study of AI-Driven Feedback for Women’s Empowerment in Entrepreneurship Education” at the United States Association for Small Business & Entrepreneurship conference.
Henna Budhwani, Ph.D., MPH (College of Nursing), co-presented “Alabama Womb2Heart Pilot Randomized Trial for Postpartum Individuals with Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes” at the Society of Maternal and Fetal Medicine Pregnancy Meeting in Las Vegas, NV.
Henna Budhwani, Ph.D., MPH, Lisa Hightow-Weidman, MD, MPH (College of Nursing) and Sylvie Naar (College of Medicine) co-presented “HIV Prevention Intervention Pilot Trial: Knowledge, Stigma, and Mistrust” at the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine 2026 Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA.
Allison McHugh, DNP, MHCDS, RN, NE-BC (College of Nursing) and Manuel A Utset, JD, (College of Law) presented “’Bridging the Gap: Law and Nursing, Reimagined Together’ Empowering Interdisciplinary Health Leaders” at the NAP Annual Meeting & Forum in Indianapolis, IN.
Laurie Abbott, Ph.D., RN, DipACLM, CNE, PHNA-BC, FAAN (College of Nursing) presented “The Heart of the Matter: Promoting Optimal Cardiovascular Health” at the Southeast Regional Clinical and Translational Science Conference.
Megan Buning, Ph.D. (Anne Spencer Daves College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) presented mental skills training for 780 dentists, hygienists and office workers serving as the keynote speaker for Family Dental Health’s professional learning day in South Carolina.
Amanda Tazaz, Ph.D. (Learning Systems Institute) presented “Engaging the Next Generation of Geoscientists: Summer Camp Partnership for Hands-On Ocean Science Education” at the 2026 Ocean Sciences Meeting in Glasgow, Scotland.
Sladjana Lukic, Ph.D. (School of Communication Science and Disorders) presented “Neurolinguistic Profiling of Aphasia Across Subtypes Using Naturalistic Language Sampling” at the Southeast Clinical and Translational Science Alliance Conference.
Subhasree Sengupta, Ph.D. (Learning Systems Institute) presented “Analyzing the Interconnections Between the Multi-level Activity Systems of Deepfake-Infused Co-creation” at the 28th Annual SAIS Conference in Asheville, N.C.
Stephanie Zuilkowski, Ed.D. (Learning Systems Institute) chaired “Transforming Teacher Education: From Colonial Legacies to Compassionate Pedagogies” and presented “Leveraging Pre-Service Teacher Education to Improve Foundational Learning: Evidence from the Zambia Pre-service Teacher Education Study” at the 2026 CIES Conference in San Francisco.
Celia Reddick, Ph.D. (Learning Systems Institute) presented “Concerted Community Engagement: Refugee Education and Parents’ Daily Acts of Resistance” at the 2026 CIES Conference in San Francisco.
Kate Schell, Ph.D. (Learning Systems Institute) chaired “Teachers’ and Families’ Perspectives on Language-in-Education Policies” and presented “’Dancing to the Music’ in the Philippines: Local Enactment of Shifting, Ambiguous Language-in-Education Policies” at the 2026 CIES Conference in San Francisco.
Brenda Wawire, Ph.D., Kate Schell, Ph.D., Celia Reddick, Ph.D., and Adrienne-Barnes-Story, Ph.D. (Learning Systems Institute) presented “Multilingual Realities, Monolingual Policies: Translanguaging in Malawi’s Classrooms” at the 2026 CIES Conference in San Francisco.
Brenda Wawire, Ph.D., Celia Reddick, Ph.D., Adrienne-Barnes-Story, Ph.D. (Learning Systems Institute) and Sana Tibi, Ph.D.(Department of Communication Science and Disorders) presented “Refugee Resettlement Amid Anti-Refugee Rhetoric: How Refugee Families Navigate School in a Southeastern US City” and “Refugee Trajectories, Mobility, Aspirations, and Political Constraints” at the 2026 CIES Conference in San Francisco.
Brenda Wawire, Ph.D. and Adrienne-Barnes-Story, Ph.D. (Learning Systems Institute) presented “Observing Overcrowded Malawian Classrooms Through the Teaching Through Interactions Framework (TTIF) Lens” at the 2026 CIES Conference in San Francisco.
Melba Marin-Velasquez, Ph.D. (Learning Systems Institute), Anairis de la Cruz Benito, Ph.D. (FSU Fellows Society), Ayesha Khurshid, Ph.D., Lama Jaber, Ph.D., and Katherine Yaun, MA (Anne Spencer Daves College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) presented “Maya Muslim Women as Vulnerable Agents: Teaching & Learning of Maya Medicine in Chiapas, Mexico” at the 2026 CIES Conference in San Francisco.
Stormy McGivern, MA and Emily Porter (Department of Student Engagement, Office of Student Organizations and Involvement) presented “From Pause to Participation: Enhancing Campus Traditions to Meet the Evolving Needs of Our Students” at the 2026 Association of College Unions International Annual Conference in Pittsburgh.
Diamond Boston (Center for Academic Retention & Enhancement) co‑presented “Not Just a Bridge, but a Launchpad” at The First-Year Experience Annual Conference. She also presented “First Time in College Success” at the National College Fair.
Erin Morpeth-Provost, Ph.D. (Counseling & Psychological Services) co-presented the pre-conference session “High Stakes, Human Impact: Trauma-Informed and Collaborative Approaches to Psychiatric Hospitalization in University Counseling Centers” and presented the breakout session “EMDR in a University Counseling Center: Client Outcomes and Practical Use in Response to a Campus Crisis” at the American College Counseling Association annual conference.
Alice Maxwell (Division of Student Affairs Marketing and Communications) co-presented “Using Communications to Support Strategic Problem-Solving and Help Achieve Goals” at 2026 NASPA: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education Annual Conference in Kansas City, MO. She also co-presented “Building the Digital Student Affairs Division” at the same conference.
Amy Hecht, Ed.D. (Vice President for Student Affairs) and Brittany Devies, Ph.D. (Fraternity and Sorority Life) co-presented “Telling Time: Time Management of Women in Senior Student Affairs Roles” at 2026 NASPA: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education Annual Conference.
Brandon Bowden, Ed.D., Zduy Chu, Ed.D. and Carlos Gómez, Ph.D. (Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs) presented “The Written and Unwritten Role of an AVP during Crisis” at 2026 NASPA: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education Annual Conference.
Brittany Devies, Ph.D. (Fraternity and Sorority Life), Kathy Guthrie, Ph.D. (Anne’s College) presented “Applying Content: Integrating Theory, Design, and Student-Centered Learning” at 2026 NASPA: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education Annual Conference.
Darryl Lovett, Ph.D. (Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs) presented “The Evolving Nature of the Profession: Exploring the Value of Students Affairs” and co-presented “Centering the Student Affairs Workforce” and “Leveraging On-Campus Professional Development: How SSAOs Create Impactful On-Campus Learning That Drives Staff and Student Success” at 2026 NASPA: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education Annual Conference.
Jordan Felton, Adarius Simpkins and Kendall Harris (Center for Academic Retention & Enhancement) co-presented “Not Just a Checked Box: Underrepresented Graduate Students as Leaders, Advocates, and Policy Influencers” at 2026 NASPA: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education Annual Conference.
Shelley Ducatt, Ph.D. and Haley Gentile, M.S. (Department of Student Support and Transitions) presented “From ‘Hunger’ to ‘Basic Needs’: Lessons from the Evolution of a Campus Food Pantry” at 2026 NASPA: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education Annual Conference.
Shelley Ducatt, Ph.D. (Department of Student Support and Transitions), Amy Haggard, Ph.D. (Student Conduct and Community Standards) and Rachel Kirshner, J.D. (Office of Investigations and Assessment, DSST) co-presented “Report to Resolution: Leading Organizational Conduct Processes with Purpose and Impact” at 2026 NASPA: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education Annual Conference.
Stefany Moncada and Xiomara Romero (Center for Academic Retention and Enhancement) presented “Thriving Together: Dual-Impact Wellness for Student and Staff Success” at 2026 NASPA: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education Annual Conference.
Nicole Bentze, D.O. (College of Medicine) and medical student Alachua Madison Flowers presented “Gratitude Notes: A Meaningful Tool Enhancing Both Professional and Personal Development of Medical Students and Faculty” at the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Conference on Medical School Education.
Tana Jean Welch, Ph.D. (College of Medicine) presented “HEAL: The Value of a Literary Journal in Medical Education” at the Festival of Creative Arts Health and Humanities Symposium.
Sylvie Naar, Ph.D. (Center for Translational Behavioral Science) Jessica De Leon, Ph.D. and Terra Bradley, Ph.D. (College of Medicine) presented “Breaking Barriers and Boosting Efficiency: Accelerating Translational Science in the Creation of a New Academic Health Center” at a poster presentation at the Southeast Regional Clinical and Translational Science Awards Conference.
Christopher Mulrooney, Ph.D. (College of Medicine) presented the Artifacts of Culture Change pre-conference keynote session titled, “Obstacles & Pathways to Using the Artifacts: A Florida Study of Culture Change Implementation in Real Life” for the 16th Annual Summit of Louisiana Enhancing Aging with Dignity through Empowerment and Respect.
Rodney Reeves, Ph.D. (Department of Classics) presented “Toxic Waters of Constantinople: A Reassessment of the Sixth Century Demographic Collapse Through Lead Contamination in Civic Hydraulic Infrastructure” at the Archaeological Institute of America & The Society for Classical Studies 2026 Annual Meeting.
Marissa Hershon, MA (The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art) presented “Cedar Hill’s Reception Room: An Egyptian Revival Interior in New England” at the Historic Deerfield-Wellesley College annual symposium.
Michael Carrasco, Ph.D. (Department of Art History) presented “Las Formas Del Dios: Materialidad, Iconografía, y Presencia en el Mundo Mesoamericano” (The Forms of God: Materiality, Iconography and Presence in the Mesoamerican World) at the 8º Ciclo de Conferencias: Etnoarqueología, Cosmovisión e Iconografía de las Divinidades, held at the Museo del Templo Mayor-INAH in Mexico City. He also co-presented “Invasiones Biológicas en el Antropoceno: El Colapso de Patrimonio Biocultural en las Islas Amami, Japón” (Biological Invasions in the Anthropocene: The Collapse of Biocultural Patrimony in the Amami Islands of Japan) at the Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores Morelia in Indeco la Huerta, Mexico.
David Gussak, Ph.D. (Institute for the Arts and Art Therapy with the Imprisoned) presented “Creativity in an Uncreative Space: Arts and Art Therapy with the Imprisoned” after coordinating a 6-week long exhibition of work from incarcerated artists at Madison Correctional Institution.
Sharanya Jayaraman, Ph.D. and Christopher Mills, Ph.D. (Department of Computer Science) presented their poster “CS1 in the AI Era: Boundaries, Practice, and Conceptual Mastery,” at the 2026 Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, a leading international conference on computer science education.
Jean Young, MA, (FSU Museum of Fine Arts) presented “The Simple Secrets of Success: Points to Consider When Applying for an Art Show” at a monthly meeting of the Artists’ League of the Big Bend.
Terry Londy, MA, (Department of Interior Architecture & Design) presented “How Can a Poster Create a Deeper Connection to the Viewer Through Adding Dimensionality and Materials?” at the Design Principles and Practices Research Conference in Rome, Italy. He also presented “Elective Classes that Can Elevate Student Design Portfolios, Setting Them Apart from the Competition,” “Northstar Center, a Midcentury Exercise in Lessons Learned: A Case Study,” and “Experiential Graphics in Trauma-Informed Design: A Case Study,” at the Interior Design Educators Council Conference at Columbia College, Chicago.
Nicole Bentze, D.O., FAAFP, FAMWA, Shermeeka Hogans-Mathews M.D., FAAFP (College of Medicine) and medical student Profilia Nord presented “Mental Health Stigma, Help-Seeking Behaviors, and Barriers to Mental Health Care Among Family Medicine Physician Educators” at the 2026 Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Conference on Medical Student Education.
Nicole Bentze, D.O., FAAFP, FAMWA (College of Medicine) participated in a panel discussion on “Supporting Students Through the SOAP Process” at the 2026 Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Conference on Medical Student Education.
Joanne Saxour, M.D., FAAFP (College of Medicine) participated in a roundtable discussion about “Teaching Office Procedures to Medical Students Using Non-Animal Materials” and presented “Impact of Mid-Rotation Formative Assessment on Medical Student Performance in a Family Medicine Clerkship: A Comparative Study” at the 2026 Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Conference on Medical Student Education.
Kehinde Ishangi, MFA (School of Dance) presented “Embodying the Black Dance Legacy” at the International Association of Blacks in Dance Conference, “Soul to Sole” in Atlanta, GA.
Kehinde Ishangi, MFA (School of Dance) presented “Embodying Functional Anatomy in Ballet Technique” at the American College Dance Association held at Brenau University in Gainesville, GA.
Flavia Ramos-Mattousi, Ed.D. (Learning Systems Institute) presented “Reimagining Visual Dialogue in Community Health and Education: Integrating Hand-Drawn and Ai-Generated Images in the Fotodialogo Method” and “Re-Imagining Visual Dialogue: Integrating Artificial Intelligence into Arts-Based Research Through the Fotodialogo Method” at the INTED 2026 conference in Valencia, Spain.
Kaylee Webb, MS (Career Center) participated in a roundtable discussion hosted by RippleMatch, discussed the evolving education-to-employment landscape, critical gaps and transitions from academic institutions to the workforce, and the new definition of “job-ready” in today’s labor market.
Carrie Ann Baade, MFA, (Department of Art) curated and hosted “Horizons: Women’s Voices”, an International Women’s Day gathering on Vision Train, an online global community for artists.
Daniel Luedtke, MFA, (Department of Art) presented “MAKERS SPACE: Ceramic Hydrographics” at the 60th Annual National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Conference “Volumes”.
Bani Malhotra, Ph.D. (Department of Art Education) co-presented “From Setbacks to Strengths: Role of Positive Psychology Constructs in Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation” at the Annual Meeting of the APA Division of Rehabilitation Psychology.
Jen Atkins, Ph.D. (School of Dance) delivered an invited lecture on Mardi Gras history at the Hermann-Grima + Gallier Historic Houses Museum in New Orleans.
EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES
Daniel Smith, MME (School of Dance) performed Andrew Lloyd Webber’s symphonic suites (The Phantom of the Opera and Sunset Boulevard) with the Panama City Symphony.
Carrie Ann Baade, MFA (Department of Art) presented a solo exhibition “The Heretical Body” at Gulf Coast State College’s Amelia Center Gallery.
Jiha Moon (College of Fine Arts) had her work “Blue Face Jug (Daughter of Sea king)” shown at Derek Eller Gallery during Frieze Los Angeles, a leading international contemporary art fair.
Alena Mehić, MFA (College of Fine Arts) had her work featured in “Heirlooms: Strange Logics of Inheritance” at Wavelength Space in Chattanooga, TN.
Marty Fielding, MFA, (Department of Art) was featured in “Artstream” at the 60th Annual National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Conference, “Volumes” in Detroit.
Jonathan Christensen Caballero, MFA, (Department of Art) was featured in three exhibitions as part of the 60th Annual National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Conference: “Volumes” in Detroit. These were ‘A Human Experience’ at Sisson Gallery, Henry Ford College, “Dead Center”, a group exhibition with University of Kansas faculty, alumni, and resident artists and “Turn Up the Volume!” at The Carr Center.
Lilian Garcia-Roig, MFA, (Department of Art) had her work “Hyphenated Nature: Northern Florida-Cuban Painting Relations (after Carta)” featured in the “Let Us Gather in a Flourishing Way” exhibition at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum.
Carrie Ann Baade, MFA, and Katie Kehoe, MFA, (Department of Art) exhibited their work in the College Art Association Parallel Worlds exhibition.
Meredith Lynn, MFA, (Department of Art) had her work “Bad Outdoorsmen (Jackson’s West)” exhibited at the “Hunter Invitational V” group exhibition at the Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga, TN.
SERVICE
Annie Wofford, Ph.D. (Anne Spencer Daves College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) was appointed to the editorial board for Research in Higher Education.
Kathleen Powers Conti, Ph.D. (Department of History) served on the program committee for the 2026 joint conference between the National Council on Public History and the American Association for State and Local History.
Abby Cloud Langdon (New Student Family Programs) served as an Attendee Experience Co-Chair at the inaugural 2026 Spring Learning Conference with NODA – Association for Orientation, Transition, and Retention in Higher Education.
Ransome Eke, M.D., Ph.D. (College of Medicine) is serving as a board member of the Capital Area Healthy Start Coalition.
Joedrecka Brown Speights, M.D. (College of Medicine) served as Doctor of the Day in the Florida Senate.
Bill Boyer, DHSc (College of Medicine) was recently appointed to the National Association of Designated Institutional Officials’ Education Committee, further advancing FSU’s national presence in Graduate Medical Education.
Ben Wicker (University Housing) completed his three-year term within the presidential cycle for the Southeastern Association of Housing Officers (SEAHO). He led agreements with the international governing body for continuing education credits through SEAHO’s annual conferences and brokered an agreement to utilize investment fund returns for its members to attend events for both organizations as the first region to do so.
Shermeeka Hogans-Mathews, Ph.D. (College of Medicine) graduated from the Leadership Education for Academic Development and Success Fellowship Program and spoke at the Association of Departments of Family Medicine Annual Meeting in Orlando.
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Megan Buning, Ph.D. (Anne Spencer Daves College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) completed the national Mental Health First Aid Youth Instructor training and now holds a certification through the National Council for Mental Wellbeing.
Vilma Fuentes, Ph.D. (Learning Systems Institute) was part of a delegation who met with the U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Panama.
Celia Reddick, Ph.D. (Learning Systems Institute) chaired the business meeting for the Language Issues SIG at the 2026 CIES Conference in San Francisco.
Annie Booth, MA (Museum of Fine Arts) co-juried the 39th Annual Mahaska Whitley Student Juried Exhibition, at LeMoyne Arts.
Daniel Smith, MME (School of Dance) accompanied two master classes taught by nia love, MFA (School of Dance) at Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester, VA.
Katie Kehoe, MFA (College of Fine Arts) attended the Partnership for Academic Leadership in Sustainability summit in New York. This summit brought together faculty and staff from across the U.S, Canada and Ireland to share strategies, approaches, and resources for teaching sustainable practices in higher education.