{"id":255291,"date":"2026-05-02T11:32:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T11:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/255291\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T11:32:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T11:32:28","slug":"faculty-and-staff-briefs-april-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/255291\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty and Staff Briefs: April 2026\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Faculty-Staff-Briefs.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"Faculty &amp; Staff Briefs FSU graphic\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Florida State University\u2019s distinguished faculty are central to the mission of the university.\u00a0Faculty excellence in scholarship, research, and creative activity is critical to the quality of student learning and makes a difference in the lives of others.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>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,\u00a0service\u00a0and any other notable items can be\u00a0showcased.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.fsu.edu\/category\/news\/faculty-staff-briefs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ARCHIVE<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>HONORS AND AWARDS\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Wisley \u201cWes\u201d Dorce, M.S. (FSU Innovation Hub)\u00a0was named the 2026 Florida TRIO Achiever Award recipient at the Southeastern Atlantic TRIO Conference.\u00a0An alumnus\u00a0of the Federal TRIO program, Dorce was selected by his peers as Florida\u2019s top achiever.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chongyu\u00a0Wang,\u00a0Ph.D.,\u00a0Jingfang\u00a0Wang,\u00a0Ph.D. and\u00a0Tingyu Zhou, Ph.D.\u00a0(Wertheim College of Business, RMI, REE &amp; Legal Studies)\u00a0received the Real Estate Valuation Manuscript Award from the American Real Estate Society (ARES) for their paper,\u00a0\u201cThe Disruption of Generative AI in Real Asset Markets.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Camilo Loaiza Bonilla, MFA (The John &amp; Mable Ringling Museum of Art)\u00a0was awarded the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Intro Journals Project Award in Poetry.\u00a0The selected work was published in Hayden\u2019s Ferry Review.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Carlo\u00a0Cinaglia, Ph.D. (Anne Spencer Daves College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences)\u00a0was awarded the 2026 Penn GSE Recent Alumni\/Early Career Award of Merit. This award recognizes an outstanding graduate from the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education who has made significant contributions to their field.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Aim\u00e9e Boutin, Ph.D.,\u00a0(College of\u00a0Arts &amp; Sciences)\u00a0Rachel C. S. Duke, Ph.D.,\u00a0Kelly Grove, MS\u00a0and\u00a0Jonathan DaSo, MA\u00a0(University\u00a0Libraries)\u00a0received the Modern Language Association\u2019s fifth annual MLA\u2013EBSCO Collaboration for Information Literacy Prize for the course\u00a0\u201cFRT 3503: Paris World Capital.\u201d\u00a0The award recognizes innovative courses that integrate information literacy into\u00a0humanities\u00a0instruction.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dei Allard,\u00a0Ed.D.\u00a0(University Housing) was awarded the James E. Scott Outstanding Student Affairs Professional Award by NASPA Region III for\u00a0demonstrating\u00a0exceptional leadership and innovative programming that creates impactful campus environments.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>David\u00a0Peters,\u00a0(Campus Recreation) was inducted into the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) Championship Series Hall of Fame at the 2026 NIRSA + IDEA World Conference and Expo in Washington, DC.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Leanne Duke,\u00a0Ph.D,\u00a0(Florida Institute for Pediatric Rare Diseases)\u00a0Viral Vector and Gene Editing Core was named a 2026 winner of the prestigious Journal of Biological Chemistry\/Herbert Tabor Early Career Investigator Award.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ying \u201cMai\u201d Kung, DNP, MPH, APRN, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC, CNE, FAAN (College of Nursing) received the 2026 Advocacy in Action Award from the Florida Association of Nurse\u00a0Practitioners and\u00a0was honored at their annual conference.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jessica\u00a0Bahorski, Ph.D., APRN, PPCNP-BC, WHNP,\u00a0Casey Xavier Hall,\u00a0MPH, Ph.D.,\u00a0Jairo Pena, Ph.D.\u00a0(College of Nursing) and\u00a0Crim\u00a0Sabuncu\u00a0(College of Social Work) received the 2026 NAPNAP Research Poster Award for their work\u00a0titled \u201cInfant Feeding Practices of LGBTQ+ Families\u201d\u00a0at the at the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners\u2019 (NAPNAP) 47th\u00a0National Conference on Pediatric Health Care\u00a0in\u00a0Pittsburgh, PA.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Paul Niell, Ph.D. (Department of Art History) was awarded the 2026 ALAA\/LASA-VCS Afro Latin American\/Afro-Latinx Scholarship Prize for his essay,\u00a0\u201cFollowing the Footsteps of\u00a0\u00a0Juana Agripina: Slavery, Memory, and the Architecture of Invisibility in Ponce, Puerto Rico,\u201d published in\u00a0Architectures of Slavery: Ruins and Reconstructions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Michael Carrasco, Ph.D. (Department of Art History) presented research at the 91st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology in San Francisco, the Museo del Templo Mayor in Mexico City, and the VI Reuni\u00f3n de Investigadores del Cuaternario y el Antropocenoat National Autonomous University of Mexico. His work was recognized with the Journal of Plant Species Biology\u00a0Best Paper Award.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>GRANTS\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Zhe He, Ph.D. and\u00a0Balu\u00a0Bhasuran, Ph.D. (School of Information) secured a national AI infrastructure award,\u00a0\u201cFine-Tuning Open-Source Large Language Models to Support Real-World Patient\u2013Clinician Communication in Laboratory Test Results Interpretation,\u201d\u00a0from\u00a0the\u00a0National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Pilot (NAIRR)\u00a0to advance patient\u2013clinician communication\u00a0and cutting-edge research in artificial intelligence for healthcare.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sonia Hazard, Ph.D. (Department of Religion) received the Louisville Institute\u2019s Grant for Researchers for her project \u201cChristianity and the Book in the Cherokee Diaspora, 1821\u20131861.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Michael Diamond,\u00a0Ph.D. (Department of Earth,\u00a0Ocean\u00a0and Atmospheric Science) is a co-principal investigator on a newly awarded $493,065 grant from Ocean Visions for the project, \u201cLeveraging Next-Generation Satellite and Suborbital Observations to Guide Mixed-Phase Cloud Thinning for Arctic Sea-Ice Preservation.\u201d He is also a co-principal investigator on a newly awarded $234,340.95 grant from the Environmental Defense Fund for the project \u201cAttributing aerosol-induced crop yield changes: Disentangling light partitioning effects from climate cooling using observations and crop models.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gretchen Stahlman, Ph.D.\u00a0(College of Communication &amp; Information)\u00a0was awarded an Institute of Museum and Library Services\u00a0Planning Grant to develop sustainable data curation internships for\u00a0Library and Information Science\u00a0students and support curation of the Unified Astronomy Thesaurus.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Marcia Mardis, Ph.D.\u00a0(College of Communication &amp; Information)\u00a0received a\u00a0Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program grant\u00a0from the Institute of Museum and Library Services,\u00a0supporting research in disaster resilience and crisis leadership.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mary Matthews,\u00a0Ph.D. (College of Music) co-authored the book \u201cInto the Depths\u201d which was awarded the 2026 Newly Published Music Award in the Pedagogy category by the National Flute Association.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>BYLINES\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sana\u00a0Tibi,\u00a0Ph.D.\u00a0(School of Communication Science &amp; Disorders)\u00a0authored\u00a0\u201cThe Foundations of Arabic Word Reading: Evidence from a 2-Year Longitudinal Study,\u201d\u00a0published\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0Scientific\u00a0Studies of\u00a0Reading. It is the first longitudinal study on Arabic that captures all code-related skills.<\/p>\n<p>Azat G\u00fcndo\u011fan, Ph.D. (Division of Undergraduate Studies) authored \u201c(Un)making Gebze: Labour and Spatial Politics in Istanbul\u2019s Industrial Periphery,\u201d published in Justice, Power and Resistance.<\/p>\n<p>Charles Panarella, Ph.D.\u00a0(FSU\u00a0Florence)\u00a0authored\u00a0\u201cInternational Study Centers as Hubs for Leadership Learning,\u201d\u00a0published\u00a0in New Directions for Student Leadership.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Charels Panarella, Ph.D.\u00a0(FSU Florence)\u00a0and\u00a0Kathy L. Guthrie, Ph.D. (Anne Spencer Daves College of Education, Health, and Human\u00a0Sciences)\u00a0published \u201cLeadership Learning\u00a0as a Way to\u00a0Thrive\u201d\u00a0with Emerald Publishing.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Aoife Keogh, Ph.D.\u00a0(FSU\u00a0Florence)\u00a0authored\u00a0\u201cThe Early Years of Ireland in the European Economic Community Managing Membership,\u201d\u00a0published\u00a0with Routledge.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Adam Tratner, Ph.D. (FSU\u00a0Republic of Panama)\u00a0coauthored \u201cComplicated Grief Among People Who Lost Loved Ones to COVID-19 in Panama,\u201d\u00a0published\u00a0in the journal\u00a0COVID.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kezia Carpenter, Ph.D. (FSU Republic of Panama)\u00a0co-authored\u00a0\u201cNarrative Resilience and Recovery: A Community-Engaged Study of Human Trafficking Survivors\u2019 Recovery Narratives\u201d in the\u00a0Journal of Interpersonal Violence.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Flavia Ramos-Mattoussi\u00a0Ed.D.\u00a0(Learning Systems Institute)\u00a0authored\u00a0\u201cRe-Imagining Visual Dialogue: Integrating Artificial Intelligence into Arts-Based Research Through the\u00a0Fotodialogo\u00a0Method\u201d and \u201cReimagining Visual Dialogue in Community Health Education: Integrating Hand-Drawn and Ai-Generated Images in The\u00a0Fotodialogo\u00a0Method\u201d\u00a0published in INTEND2026 Proceedings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bruce Thyer,\u00a0Ph.D.\u00a0(College of Social Work)\u00a0co-authored the article \u201cSome Critical Questions for Use by Students: Nudging Social Work Education into a More Evidence-Informed Direction,\u201d published in the journal titled\u00a0Research on Social Work Practice.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gashaye\u00a0Tefera,\u00a0Ph.D.\u00a0(College of Social Work)\u00a0coauthored the article\u00a0\u201cThe\u00a0Role of\u00a0Technology in\u00a0Tackling\u00a0Social\u00a0Isolation and\u00a0Maintaining\u00a0Mental\u00a0Health\u00a0Among\u00a0Older\u00a0Adults\u00a0During the COVID-19\u00a0Pandemic,\u201d\u00a0published in the journal\u00a0Discover Public Health.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kristy Anderson,\u00a0Ph.D.\u00a0(College of Social Work) co-authored the article, \u201cAutistic Adolescents\u2019 and their Parents\u2019 Perspectives on a National Flourishing Item Set: A Construct Validation Study,\u201d published in the\u00a0Maternal and Child Health Journal.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Leonore McWey,\u00a0Ph.D.,\u00a0Qiong\u00a0(Joanna)\u00a0Wu,\u00a0Ph.D.,\u00a0(Anne Spencer Daves College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences)\u00a0Eugenia Flores Millender,\u00a0Ph.D.,\u00a0(College of Nursing)\u00a0Melissa Radey,\u00a0Ph.D.\u00a0(College of Social Work)\u00a0and doctoral candidate\u00a0Carson Outler\u00a0co-authored the article \u201cPublic and\u00a0Private\u00a0Safety\u00a0Nets,\u00a0Maternal\u00a0Stress, and\u00a0Child\u00a0Mental\u00a0Health\u00a0Outcomes\u00a0Among\u00a0Low-Income\u00a0Families\u201d in the\u00a0Journal of Family Social Work.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Shamra, Boel-Studt,\u00a0Ph.D., Lauren Herod,\u00a0MSW\u00a0and\u00a0Darejan Dvalishvili,\u00a0Ph.D.\u00a0(College of Social Work)\u00a0co-authored the article \u201cAdvanced Certification Trainings for Child Welfare Professionals: Results from the Formative Evaluation of STARS,\u201d published in the journal\u00a0Child Protection &amp; Practice.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Timothy\u00a0Baghurst, Ph.D. (Anne Spencer Daves College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences)\u00a0co-authored \u201cAn Analysis of National Governing Bodies\u2019 Coaching Certifications in England,\u201d published in\u00a0Quest.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p aria-level=\"1\">Braidyn Lazenby,\u00a0Ph.D.\u00a0(School of Communication)\u00a0authored\u00a0\u201cInformal\u00a0Caregiver\u00a0Uncertainty:\u00a0Exploring the\u00a0Presence of\u00a0Uncertainty in\u00a0Eating\u00a0Disorder\u00a0Reddit\u00a0Posts,\u201d\u00a0published\u00a0in the\u00a0Journal of Eating Disorders.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p aria-level=\"1\">Margaret Sullivan,\u00a0Ph.D.\u00a0(School\u00a0of Information)\u00a0and\u00a0graduate student\u00a0Jonah Hancock\u00a0authored\u00a0\u201cThe\u00a0Effect of\u00a0Self-stigma on the\u00a0Health\u00a0Information\u00a0Seeking and\u00a0Health\u00a0Behaviors of\u00a0Opioid\u00a0Users\u201d in the Journal of Documentation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p aria-level=\"1\">Richard Waters, Ph.D.,\u00a0Elizabeth Ray, Ph.D.\u00a0(School of Communication)\u00a0and\u00a0doctoral\u00a0student\u00a0Eldaneka\u00a0Rolle\u00a0co-authored\u00a0\u201cShaping Future Professionals: Industry Perspectives on Graduate Internships\u201d in the\u00a0Journal of Public Relations Education.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p aria-level=\"1\">Sana Tibi, Ph.D.\u00a0(School of Communication Science &amp; Disorders) co-authored\u00a0\u201cThe Foundations of Arabic Word Reading: Evidence from a 2-Year Longitudinal Study,\u201d\u00a0published in the journal\u00a0Scientific Studies of Reading.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p aria-level=\"1\">Kelly\u00a0Farqharson, Ph.D.,\u00a0Christopher Constantino,\u00a0Ph.D.\u00a0and\u00a0alumna\u00a0Paige Lovell\u00a0(School of Communication Science &amp; Disorders)\u00a0authored\u00a0\u201cTargeted\u00a0Speech\u00a0Sounds and their\u00a0Association to\u00a0Children\u2019s\u00a0Grade\u00a0Level and\u00a0Therapy\u00a0Dosage\u201d in the journal Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ashley Krutz-Ordner,\u00a0MS\u00a0(Office of the Provost)\u00a0authored the\u00a0chapter \u201cRole of Full-Time International Safety and Security Professionals\u201d published in the new release of NAFSA: Association of International Educators publication \u201cCrisis Management in International Education: Education Abroad.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dianna S. Bradley,\u00a0MA,\u00a0Crystal Mathews, Laura Pellini,\u00a0MA\u00a0and Leah Reilly Sherman, Ph.D. (University Libraries) authored \u201cBeyond the Gallery: Hybrid Exhibitions in the Academic Library\u201d in the journal Creating Digital Exhibitions: A Practical Guide, published by Bloomsbury Press.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>David\u00a0Newheiser,\u00a0Ph.D. (Department of Religion) co-authored \u201cThinking Religion in Place,\u201d published in the Journal for the Academic Study of Religion.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Charles Upchurch, Ph.D. (Department of History) authored \u201cRethinking Periodization, Priorities, and Liberalism in British Queer History,\u201d published in the Journal of British Studies in their debating the field series.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Darryl Lovett, Ph.D. (Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs) served as chair of a NASPA workgroup that published \u201cCentering the Student Affairs Workforce.\u201d The white paper responds to pressing and persistent challenges on how to sustain, support, develop skills, and prepare the leadership capacity of the people who do the work of student affairs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kyanna Austin,\u00a0(Student Engagement) co-published \u201cUnderstanding, Discussing, and Embodying Leadership Through Graduate Student Government\u201d in The Journal of Campus Activities Practice and Scholarship, Volume 1, Issue 8.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kathleen Powers Conti, Ph.D. (Department of History) guest edited the 2026 Spring issue of the Frank Lloyd Wright Quarterly magazine, \u201cThe Architecture of Continuance: The Act of Understanding, Preserving, and Conserving.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Boris Kantor,\u00a0Ph.D.,\u00a0Leanne Duke, Ph.D. and\u00a0Pradeep Bhide, Ph.D. (Florida Institute for Pediatric Rare Diseases) co-authored the\u00a0review article \u201cCRISPR-Cas\u00a0Editing\u00a0Technologies for\u00a0Viral-Mediated\u00a0Gene\u00a0Therapies of\u00a0Human\u00a0Diseases: Mechanisms,\u00a0Progress, and\u00a0Challenges,\u201d\u00a0which was published in Molecular Therapy Clinical Development Journal.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Susan LaJoie, DrPH,\u00a0Rebecca Carter, LCSW, and\u00a0Chenikka\u00a0Usher, MSW (College of Medicine)\u00a0co-published \u201cTobacco\u00a0and\u00a0Nicotine Cessation\u00a0in\u00a0Military Service Members\u00a0and\u00a0Veterans: Implications\u00a0for\u00a0Area Health Education Centers\u201d in the Journal of Behavioral Medicine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ericka Horne, DrPH (College of Medicine) co-authored\u00a0\u201cAdverse Childhood Experiences Are Associated\u00a0with Falling Among Middle-aged\u00a0and Older Adults,\u201d published in the Journals of Gerontology.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Prince Addo, Ph.D. (College of Medicine)\u00a0co-authored\u00a0\u201cThe\u00a0Association\u00a0of\u00a0Adolescent Sleep Health,\u00a0Depressive Symptoms, and\u00a0Substance Use\u00a0with\u00a0Future Cardiac Risk: A Marginal Structural Model Analysis,\u201d published in Discover Public Health.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Martina Luchetti,\u00a0Ph.D.,\u00a0Antonio Terracciano,\u00a0Ph.D., and\u00a0Selin\u00a0Karakose,\u00a0Ph.D. (College of Medicine) co-authored\u00a0\u201cSocio-emotional\u00a0Well-Being is\u00a0Associated with\u00a0Cognitive\u00a0Function and\u00a0Informant-rated\u00a0Cognitive\u00a0Decline: Results from the Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol in Europe,\u201d\u00a0published\u00a0in the\u00a0Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Changhyun\u00a0(Lyon) Nam, Ph.D. (Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship) and graduate students\u00a0Rebecka Anne Phipps\u00a0and\u00a0Samantha\u00a0Reisky\u00a0have\u00a0co-authored a book chapter titled \u201cChapter 5:\u00a0Circular Economy\u00a0in Practice: Comparative Insights\u00a0from\u00a0the Apparel\u00a0and Coffee Shop Industries\u201d in the\u00a0Sustainable Business Practices and Social Entrepreneurship.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Balu\u00a0Bhasuran,\u00a0Ph.D.\u00a0and\u00a0Zhe He,\u00a0Ph.D.\u00a0(School of Information)\u00a0co-authored the\u00a0portfolio papers, \u201cEntry-level Guide\u00a0to\u00a0the Use\u00a0of Large Language Models\u00a0for Medical Research,\u201d\u00a0and\u00a0\u201cEvaluation of Causal Reasoning for Large Language Models in Contextualized Clinical Scenarios of Laboratory Test Interpretation,\u201d that were\u00a0accepted\u00a0in\u00a0the general biomedicine and digital health journals,\u00a0Nature Protocols and\u00a0npj\u00a0Digital Medicine, respectively.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kelli Alces Williams, J.D., (College of Law)\u00a0Matthews &amp; Hawkins Professor of Property, has a forthcoming article, \u201cYou\u2019ll Be Sorry When I\u2019m Gone: On Spiteful Wills and Equity,\u201d in the\u00a0Wake Forest Law Review.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Henry\u00a0Zhuhao\u00a0Wang, J.D., (College of Law) Mason Ladd Professor of Law, published a new article,\u00a0\u201cThe Shadow of the Rules of Evidence on ADR,\u201d\u00a0which\u00a0is the first article to critically examine how evidentiary rules influence alternative dispute resolution.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>PRESENTATIONS\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Thayumanasamy\u00a0Somasundaram, Ph.D. (Institute of Molecular Biophysics) co-presented \u201cOut of the Silo and Into the Future\u201d\u00a0at the 2026 ABRF Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, PA.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sana\u00a0Tibi,\u00a0Ph.D.\u00a0(School of Communication Science &amp; Disorders) presented \u201cLinguistic and Cognitive Correlates of Arabic Literacy: Concurrent and Longitudinal Evidence\u201d at the College of Education at the University of Oxford.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Marissa\u00a0Hershon,\u00a0MA\u00a0(The John &amp; Mable Ringling Museum of Art)\u00a0presented\u00a0\u201cA\u00a0Lacca\u00a0Povera\u00a0\u00a0Bureau Cabinet at Ca\u2019\u00a0d\u2019Zan:\u00a0 An Exploration of Print Imagery on\u00a018th-century Venetian Furniture\u201d\u00a0at\u00a0the\u00a0international symposium \u201cCut Along the Dotted Line: Craft Practices and Manufactured Pictures,\u00a0XVIIIth-XXIst\u00a0Centuries\u201d\u00a0at the\u00a0Institut\u00a0National\u00a0d\u2019Histoire\u00a0de\u00a0l\u2019Art\u00a0(INHA) in Paris, France.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Brooke Keller, Ph.D.\u00a0and\u00a0Fran Tignor, MA (The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art) presented \u201cSupporting Students\u00a0from\u00a0Kindergarten Through Graduate School and Beyond\u201d at the\u00a0MuseumNext: Museums and Schools Summit\u00a0international conference.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lakeisha Johnson, Ph.D. (School of Communication Science &amp; Disorders) and\u00a0Denisha Smith, Ph.D. (Florida Center for Reading Research) co-presented the Distinguished Donn Bailey Lecture titled \u201cCoding Confidently: A Tutorial on Coding for AAE\u201d at the National Black Association for Speech-Language-Hearing convention.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lakeisha Johnson, Ph.D.,\u00a0Denisha Smith, Ph.D.,\u00a0Jasmine Smith\u00a0MA\u00a0and\u00a0Kennedy Milton\u00a0(School of Communication Science &amp; Disorders) co-presented \u201cWhere Language Meets Literacy: SLPs Driving Change through Research-Practice Partnerships\u201d at the National Black Association for Speech-Language-Hearing convention.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Brandon Bowden, Ed.D.,\u00a0Zduy\u00a0Chu, Ed.D. and\u00a0Carlos G\u00f3mez, Ph.D. (Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs) presented \u201cThe Written and Unwritten Role of an AVP during Crisis\u201d at 2026 NASPA: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education Annual Conference.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Camilo Loaiza Bonilla, MFA (The John &amp; Mable Ringling Museum of Art) moderated\u00a0the\u00a0virtual panel \u201cLatinx Digital Poetics: Resistance Through Joy\u201d for the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Annual Conference 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Coral Silver,\u00a0MA\u00a0(The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art) presented \u201cThe Lions, the Creatures, and the Chrismon: Jaca Cathedral\u2019s Brotherly Agents of Religious Change\u201d at the\u00a023rd\u00a0biennial New College Conference on Medieval and Renaissance Studies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Coral Silver,\u00a0MA\u00a0(The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art) presented \u201cAt Death\u2019s Door: The Sepulchral Stage of Antonio Canova\u2019s \u2018Monument to Maria Christina of Austria\u2019 (1805)\u201d at the 2026 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Charles Upchurch, Ph.D. (Department of History) presented \u201cClaiming the Revolution: Feminists, LGBTQ People, and 1776\u201d at Tallahassee Pridefest.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Vilma Fuentes,\u00a0Ph.D.\u00a0(Learning Systems Institute) presented at the \u201cWomen in Law Enforcement: Role, Challenges and Prospects\u201d International Conference held in Chi\u0219in\u0103u, Moldova. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Moldova organized the conference.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Vilma Fuentes,\u00a0Ph.D.,\u00a0(Learning Systems Institute) presented three sessions at the National Academy of the State Border Guard Service (NASBGSU) in Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine featuring work being conducted by the FSU Institute for Trauma and Resilience and\u00a0Nicholas Mazza,\u00a0Ph.D.\u00a0(College of Social Work).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Brenda Wawire,\u00a0Ph.D., and\u00a0Adrienne-Barnes-Story,\u00a0Ph.D.\u00a0(Learning Systems Institute) presented \u201cClass Size Realities: Evidence, Practice, and Pathways for Learning at\u00a0Scale\u201c at\u00a0the World Banks\u2019 Education and Skills Ops Hub Event.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lenore McWey,\u00a0Ph.D.\u00a0(Anne Spencer Daves College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) and\u00a0Melissa Radey,\u00a0Ph.D.\u00a0(College of Social Work)\u00a0presented\u00a0\u201cWhen Metrics Mislead: Parents\u2019 Lived Realities in the Public Safety Net\u201d at the Association for Computing Machinery conference, Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona,\u00a0 in Barcelona, Spain.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Shamra, Boel-Studt,\u00a0Ph.D.\u00a0(College of Social Work) presented \u201cCalming the Storm: Trauma-Responsive Approaches for Working with High Acuity Youth in Out-of-Home Care\u201d as the keynote presentation at the national and virtual conference on Trauma Informed Care: Taking Science to Practice hosted by the University of Northern Iowa, Department of Social Work.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Garret Hall, Ph.D. (Anne Spencer Daves College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) moderated\u00a0the\u00a0panel \u201cWhy\u00a0Can\u2019t\u00a0We\u00a0All Get Along? Current\u00a0Issues in the\u00a0Science of\u00a0Math Education\u201d at the 2026 Badar-Kauffman Conference.\u00a0Jenny Root, Ph.D., and\u00a0Robert Schoen, Ph.D. (Anne Spencer Daves College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) served as panelists.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Carlo\u00a0Cinaglia, Ph.D. (Anne Spencer Daves College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) presented \u201cUnpacking Postsecondary World Language Enrollment: Investment, Identity, and the Social Construction of Success and Expertise\u201d\u00a0at the 2026 American Association for Applied Linguistics conference.\u00a0He also\u00a0presented \u201cCaring Against the Grain: Scaling Mentorship for Language Teacher Well-being\u201d and \u201cTeacher Educator Identity Tensions and Transitions: Answerability, Agency, and Awareness\u201d at the 2026 TESOL International Convention.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Holly Smith,\u00a0MS (Sustainable Campus)\u00a0presented on\u00a0the Sustainability Fellows Program at the annual conference of the League of Environmental Educators in Florida (LEEF). The program engages students from any discipline in advancing sustainability efforts at Florida State University and in the Tallahassee community.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dianna S. Bradley,\u00a0MA,\u00a0Crystal Mathews, Laura Pellini,\u00a0MA\u00a0and Leah Reilly Sherman, Ph.D. (University Libraries)\u00a0presented\u00a0\u201cFrom Exhibition to Engagement: Art in the Library and Campus Connections at Florida State University\u201d\u00a0at the\u00a0FLVC Professional Development\u00a0webinar\u00a0series.<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Butler\u00a0(University Housing) presented \u201cFresh, Fierce, and\u00a0Forward\u201d at\u00a0the 2026 Southeastern Association of Housing Officers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>David Peters\u00a0(Campus Recreation) presented \u201cPlan, Prepare, Pivot: Leading and Managing Through the Unexpected\u201d at the 2026 National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association Annual Conference in National Harbor, MD. He also co-presented \u201cIntramural Sports Foundations and Future Trends,\u201d a preconference workshop, and co-presented the general education session, \u201cPlan, Prepare, Pivot: Leading and Managing Through the Unexpected\u201d at the 2026 NIRSA + IDEA World Conference and Expo in Washington, DC.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca Peters, Ph.D. (Department of Religion) presented\u00a0\u201cShifting Paradigms: How Women Directors in Bollywood Redefine On-Screen Femininity\u201d at the annual Society for Cinema and Media Studies 2026 Conference in Chicago, Illinois. She also presented \u201cAgency, Attire, and Allyship: Feminist Reframing in Women-Directed Bollywood Films\u201d at the Association for Asian Studies 2026 Annual Conference in Vancouver, Canada.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Michael Diamond, Ph.D. (Department of Earth,\u00a0Ocean\u00a0and Atmospheric Science) and three students in his research group presented work at the 18th Symposium on Aerosol\u2013Cloud\u2013Climate Interactions and the 23rd Conference on Middle Atmosphere during the 2026 Annual Meeting of the American\u00a0Meteorological\u00a0Society in Houston, Texas.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Molly Hand, Ph.D. (Department of English) presented \u201c\u2019To plant thee . . . and make thee full of growing\u2019: Unearthing Skull Moss in Early Modern English Culture\u201d at the 54th Annual Meeting of the Shakespeare Association of America in Denver, Colorado.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Charles Upchurch, Ph.D. (Department of History) presented on his teaching, research and service as they relate to LGBTQ history in April at a symposium sponsored by the Rutgers British Studies Center at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>Jenny Root, Ph.D. (Anne Spencer Daves College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) co-presented a paper titled \u201cThe Methods Must Match the Moment\u201d at the 2026 Badar Kauffman Conference at Kent State University.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Shuyuan Metcalfe,\u00a0Ph.D. (School of Information) and doctoral students,\u00a0Ghazal Hussain\u00a0and\u00a0Yue \u201cLuna\u201d Liu, presented \u201cSynthetic Lies, Digital Truths: A Systematic Review\u00a0of\u00a0Computer-mediated Deception Research\u00a0in\u00a0the Era\u00a0of AI And Deepfakes,\u201d at the 2025 International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) in Nashville, Tennessee.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Subhasree Sengupta, Ph.D. (School of Information) and doctoral students\u00a0Yue Liu, Ghazal Hussain, and\u00a0Odirile\u00a0Moja\u00a0highlighted AI research at the 2026 SAIS Conference.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kaylee Webb,\u00a0(Career Center)\u00a0participated\u00a0in a roundtable discussion hosted by\u00a0RippleMatch, discussed the evolving education-to-employment landscape, critical\u00a0gaps\u00a0and transitions from academic institutions to the workforce, and the new definition of \u201cjob-ready\u201d in today\u2019s labor market.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Amy Magnuson, Ph.D., RD, LD\/N (University Health Services) presented\u00a0\u201cFrom Feedback to Framework: Embedding\u00a0the\u00a0Center for Health Advocacy and Wellness (CHAW)\u2019s Mission in Campus Wellness Strategy\u201d at the Southern College Health Association Annual Conference in Raleigh, NC.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kari\u00a0DiDonato,\u00a0(Campus Recreation) presented \u201cRedefining the Pipeline: Rethinking Recruitment and Onboarding in Campus Recreation\u201d at the 2026 National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association Annual Conference in National Harbor, MD.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Evan Fondren\u00a0and\u00a0Joe\u00a0Svisco\u00a0(Student Union) presented \u201cBridging the Gap: Building Culture Across Campus Event Services Roles\u201d and \u201cResilience in Action: Supporting Student Staff Through Crisis and Recovery\u201d at the Association of College Unions International 2026 Annual Conference in Pittsburgh, PA.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Stormy McGivern, MA, and\u00a0Emily Porter\u00a0(Student Organizations and Involvement) presented \u201cFrom Pause to Participation: Enhancing Campus Traditions to Meet the Evolving Needs of Our Students\u201d at the 2026 Association of College Unions International Annual Conference in Pittsburgh, PA.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Wen Zhu, Ph.D. (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry) gave the lecture, \u201cConformational Dynamics as an Additional Dimension in the Activity Regulation of Human Asparagine Synthetase,\u201d at the 29th Enzyme Mechanisms Conference in January in Carlsbad, California.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Henna Budhwani,\u00a0Ph.D., MPH (College of Nursing)\u00a0and\u00a0Xan Nowakowski, Ph.D., MPH (College of Medicine), co-presented \u201cSocial Media Influencers Board for Rare Diseases: Novel Community Engagement for Recruitment and Dissemination\u201d\u00a0at the 47th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM)\u00a0in\u00a0Chicago, IL.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Henna Budhwani,\u00a0Ph.D., MPH,\u00a0Lisa\u00a0Hightow\u2011Weidman, MD, MPH (College of Nursing) and\u00a0Sylvie Naar\u00a0Ph.D. (College of Medicine), co-presented \u201cPilot Randomized Controlled Trial of the HIV Prevention Kings Digital Health Intervention: Feasibility, Acceptability, and Signals of Impact\u201d\u00a0at the 47th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM)\u00a0in\u00a0Chicago, IL.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Henna Budhwani,\u00a0Ph.D., MPH (College of Nursing)\u00a0Sylvie Naar\u00a0Ph.D.,\u00a0Terra Bradley\u00a0Ph.D.\u00a0(College of Medicine),\u00a0Philip Worts, Ph.D.\u00a0(Brain Science &amp; Symptom Management Center),\u00a0Dawn Carr\u00a0(Department of Sociology) co-presented \u201cBreaking Barriers and Boosting Efficiency: Accelerating Translational Science in the Creation of a New Academic Health Center\u201d\u00a0at the\u00a0Translational Science 2026, Poster Presentation\u00a0in\u00a0Milwaukee, WI.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Henna Budhwani,\u00a0Ph.D., MPH (College of Nursing)\u00a0co-presented\u00a0the poster,\u00a0\u201cIntervention Training Competency and Satisfaction Contrasting Hospital and Community Nurse Outcomes: Preparation Phase of EPIS\u201d\u00a0at the 47th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM)\u00a0in\u00a0Chicago, IL.\u00a0She also co-presented\u00a0the posters,\u00a0\u201cCommunity-informed Strategies\u00a0to Enhance\u00a0the Feasibility\u00a0and Acceptability\u00a0of\u00a0a\u00a0Postpartum Community Health Worker Intervention in Alabama\u201d\u00a0and\u00a0\u201cCorrelates of HIV and STI Knowledge: Findings from the Alabama Youth Survey on HIV Prevention.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Henna Budhwani,\u00a0Ph.D., MPH (College of Nursing)\u00a0co-presented \u201cPhone Intervention for Maternity Care Workers and Nurses to Address Perinatal Deaths in Cameroon: Pilot Study\u201d\u00a0at the 2026 Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Annual Meeting\u00a0in\u00a0Boston, MA.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Delaney Wright La Rosa, EdD, MSN Ed, RN (College of Nursing) presented\u00a0\u201cAI Applications in Healthcare: Strengthening Clinical Judgment and Patient Advocacy\u201d with the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) AI Webinar Series as part of a five-part\u00a0webinar\u00a0series.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Delaney Wright La Rosa, EdD, MSN Ed, RN (College of Nursing) presented \u201cBuilding AI Foundations: Literacy, Optimization, and Ethical Grounding\u201d at the Indiana Center for Nursing\u2019s Igniting Change: Nursing Workforce Innovation Series, a\u00a0four-part virtual series designed to explore innovation in nursing practice, leadership, and workforce development.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cheryl Porter, Ph.D., (College of Medicine) presented \u201cWhen the\u00a0Caregiver\u00a0Hurts: Facing\u00a0Trauma in\u00a0Medical\u00a0Education\u201d at the Association of American Medical Colleges\u2019 Group on Student Affairs \u201cTogether We Lead\u201d Conference.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nancy Hayes, Ph.D. (College of Medicine) led\u00a0a webinar, \u201cCommunication Skills in the Age of AI\u201d for the National Board of Medical Examiners.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jen Atkins, Ph.D. (School of Dance) attended the annual joint conference of the Popular Culture Association\/American Culture Association in Atlanta as Vice President of Awards and co-presented with MFA student\u00a0Madeline Aldana-Gray. She also mentored MFA student\u00a0Jay Tavares\u00a0in his presentation, along with FSU School of Dance graduate student\u00a0Anna Paterson.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Flavia Ramos-Mattoussi,\u00a0Ph.D.\u00a0(Learning Systems Institute) presented a paper and poster\u00a0\u201cRe-imagining\u00a0Visual\u00a0Dialogue:\u00a0Integrating\u00a0Artificial\u00a0Intelligence into\u00a0Arts-based\u00a0Research\u00a0Through the\u00a0Fotodialogo\u00a9\u00a0Method,\u201d\u00a0and\u00a0\u201cReimagining\u00a0Visual\u00a0Dialogue in\u00a0Community\u00a0Health\u00a0Education:\u00a0Integrating\u00a0Hand-drawn and\u00a0AI-generated\u00a0Images in the\u00a0Fotodialogo\u00a0Method,\u201d\u00a0at the 20th International Technology, Education and Development Conference (INTED2026). The work was published in the INTED2026 Proceedings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Carrie Ann Baade, MFA (Department of Art) was awarded a residency at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts where she continued her ongoing project \u201cBirthplace.\u201d She was included in \u201cVISIONARY VOICES: Echoes of Inner Worlds,\u201d an international group exhibition at the Leonora Carrington Museum. Baade also presented a lecture at the Edward James Museum titled \u201cHeretic Knowledge: Intuition, Imagination, and the Painted World\u201d and the solo exhibition \u201cHeretical Body\u201d at the Amelia Center Gallery.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jiha Moon, MFA (Department of Art) is presenting the solo exhibition \u201cHalf Moon\u201d at the MOCA Jacksonville.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jawole\u00a0Zollar, MFA (School of Dance) toured with Urban Bush Women in four cities in February, presenting the works\u00a0Shelter\u00a0and\u00a0Batty Moves\u00a0in\u00a0Portland, OR; Moscow, ID; Notre Dame, IN; and Louisville, KY.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lilian Garcia-Roig, MFA (Department of Art) was featured in several exhibitions including \u201cLet Us Gather in a Flourishing Way\u201d at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum and \u201cImagining an Archipelago: Art from Cuba, Guam, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Their Diasporas\u201d at the Colby College Museum of Art. She also presented the solo exhibition \u201cHyphenated Encounters\u201d at the Frank C. Ortis Art Gallery and was included in \u201cNature\u2019s Studio: Two Centuries of American Landscape Painting\u201d at the Art Museum of South Texas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meredith Lynn, MFA (Department of Art) was included in the Florida Prize in Contemporary Art at the Orlando Museum of Art. She also presented work in The Hunter Invitational V at the Hunter Museum of American Art as part of the Tennessee Triennial.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Christensen Caballero, MFA (Department of Art) recently\u00a0participated\u00a0in five exhibitions at the 60th conference of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts in Detroit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SERVICE\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Casey Xavier Hall,\u00a0MPH, PhD (College of Nursing) was selected as Associate Editor for the Journal of Research in Nursing and Health.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jessica\u00a0Bahorski, PhD, APRN, PPCNP-BC, WHNP (College of Nursing) and undergraduate students\u00a0Kelsie Nyman\u00a0and\u00a0Madison Roy\u00a0attended the Gadsden County Healthy Start Coalition Baby Bash on March 7, where they offered height and weight measurements for infants with growth chart tracking.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Michael Diamond, Ph.D. (Department of Earth,\u00a0Ocean\u00a0and Atmospheric Science) was elected chair of the American Meteorological Society\u2019s Science and Technology Advisory Committee on Atmospheric Chemistry.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sonia Hazard, Ph.D. (Department of Religion) was elected as a member of the American Antiquarian Society, a lifetime membership to a 214-year-old national research library and community of learners dedicated to discovering and sharing a deeper understanding of the American past.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Alice Maxwell,\u00a0(Division of Student Affairs Marketing and Communications) is serving\u00a0faculty for the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Annual Conference for Marketing and Branding Professionals 2026 in Denver, Colorado.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jen Atkins, Ph.D. (School of Dance) completed her first quarter as Co-Executive Editor of Dance Research Journal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>NOTABLE\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Carrie\u00a0Meyers\u00a0and\u00a0James\u00a0Reynolds\u00a0(Learning Systems Institute) announced eight free AI professional learning courses for Northwest Florida Gulf Coast K-12 teachers as part of the educational and workforce development arm of the FSU\u00a0InSPIRE\u00a0project.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Robert Hanna,\u00a0(Learning Systems Institute)\u00a0represented\u00a0the FSU\u00a0InSPIRE\u00a0project at East Milton Elementary School\u2019s STEM Night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Vilma Fuentes,\u00a0Ph.D.\u00a0(Learning Systems Institute) visited Ukraine\u2019s Khmelnytskyi Polytechnic Vocational College of Lviv Polytechnic National University for\u00a0professional communication sessions with students.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Vilma Fuentes,\u00a0Ph.D.\u00a0(Learning Systems Institute)\u00a0and FSU\u2019s Ukraine Task Force hosted IP3 co-Founder and Retired Rear Admiral Michael Hewitt on a multi-day visit to Tallahassee to explore avenues Florida State University could employ its talent and resources through joint ventures to help rebuild Ukraine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Alissa Costabile, MBA, PMP,\u00a0(IGNITE\u00a0Tallahassee)\u00a0represented IGNITE FSU at ICBI40\u00a0\u2013\u00a0InBIA\u2019s\u00a040th International Conference on Business Innovation in Chicago\u00a0and\u00a0at\u00a0eMerge\u00a0America, in Miami.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth\u00a0Swiman,\u00a0MS, ISSP-SA (FSU Facilities)\u00a0was featured in a special edition of USA Today on sustainability. This edition highlighted her role in developing campus-oriented sustainability programs aligned with Florida State University\u2019s academic mission.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kathryn Keene, DNP, RN, PCCN, CNE (College of Nursing) was accepted into Sigma Theta Tau\u2019s Global Leadership Mentoring Community \u2013 Cohort 6. The cohort is composed of global nurse leaders from academia, practice and professional organizations and emerging leaders with interests in education, research,\u00a0practice\u00a0and community service.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Holly\u00a0Hanessian, MFA (Department of Art) was conferred Professor Emerita status upon her retirement.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Charles Upchurch, Ph.D. (Department of History) was interviewed to provide historical context for the Lord John Grey character in the \u201cOutlander\u201d television series. His interview was published in The Daily Express, The Scottish Daily\u00a0Express\u00a0and The Irish Star.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ericka Horne, DrPH (College of Medicine) graduated and received her McKnight Fellowship Jacket at the Annual McKnight Fellows Meeting in Tampa, where she served as a mentor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Erika\u00a0Loic, Ph.D. (Department of Art History) delivered the keynote lecture at the 2026 University of Michigan History of Art Graduate Student Symposium.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jawole\u00a0Zollar, MFA (School of Dance) attended the Collegium for Arcia Diaspora Dance at Duke University in Durham, NC.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Suzanne Farrell\u00a0(School of Dance) staged George Balanchine\u2019s\u00a0Meditation\u00a0for an upcoming documentary in Phoenix, AZ. Farrell also\u00a0staged and coached the New York City Ballet in New York, NY.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hannah Schwadron, Ph.D. (School of Dance) was featured in a review of\u00a0Funny Moves: Dance Humor Politics\u00a0in\u00a0CHOICE\u00a0magazine.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hannah Schwadron, Ph.D. (School of Dance) taught the\u00a0Structures for Change\u00a0improvisation workshop at Gibney Dance Center in New York, NY.\u00a0Schwadron also\u00a0served as a program reviewer for the Dance Studies Association conference, reviewing 28 individual submissions.\u00a0Schwadron was also\u00a0contracted to share research in a graduate seminar at the University of Oregon focused on dance and prison research.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tom Welsh, Ph.D. (School of Dance) had a DSSE (Dance Science &amp; Somatics Educators) presentation accepted and worked with two DSRG (Dance Science Research Group) colleagues, including a former student, to revise their presentation proposal and develop revision strategies.\u00a0Welsh also\u00a0served as a reviewer for proposals for the International Association for Dance Medicine &amp; Science (IADMS) 2026 Conference in Melbourne, Australia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Please send items for Faculty and Staff Briefs to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.fsu.edu\/news\/faculty-staff-briefs\/2026\/05\/01\/faculty-and-staff-briefs-april-2026\/mailto:tfordyce@fsu.edu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tfordyce@fsu.edu<\/a>. 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