ARCHIVE<\/a><\/p>\nHONORS AND AWARDS<\/p>\n
Amber DeJohn, Ph.D. (Department of Geography) was awarded the NIH\/NCATS-funded K12 Multidisciplinary Program Career Development Award for her project titled \u201cDisentangling Mobility, Cognitive Function, and Digital Behaviors to Understand Social Isolation and Dementia Risk.\u201d Her project aims to identify patterns of physical and digital social engagement and examine their associations with baseline cognitive function to determine whether digital social engagement mitigates social isolation or reinforces withdrawal from in-person social environments.<\/p>\n
Val Wongsomboon, Ph.D. (Anne\u2019s College) was awarded a College-sponsored CTSA Career Development Award for her project titled \u201cDevelopment and Feasibility Testing of a Brief AI Literacy Intervention to Improve Help-Seeking and Mental Health Outcomes in Adolescents.\u201d Her project aims to develop and pilot test an intervention on AI digital literacy to teach adolescents about AI limitations for emotional support and help them build help-seeking skills. The goal of this intervention is to build help-seeking behaviors among vulnerable adolescents and prevent the escalation of depressive symptoms.<\/p>\n
Patrick Merle, Ph.D. (School of Communication) has been selected to take part in the 2026 Scripps Howard Leadership Academy hosted by Syracuse University\u2019s Newhouse School of Public Communications.<\/p>\n
Nate Newton, Ph.D. (Wertheim College of Business), and two co-authors have been selected to receive the American Accounting Association\u2019s 2026 Notable Contribution to Accounting Literature Award for their paper, \u201cHow do team workloads and team staffing affect the audit? Archival evidence from U.S. audits,\u201d published in the July 2021 issue of Accounting, Organizations and Society. They will receive the award and a $2,500 prize at the 2026 AAA Global Connect in August in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n
Cassandra Cole, Ph.D., Evan Eastman, Ph.D., and Kyeonghee Kim, Ph.D. (Wertheim College of Business), won the Les B. Strickler Innovation in Instruction Award for their work on \u201cAI-Powered Simulation Games for Risk Management and Insurance Education.\u201d They will receive the award during the national meeting of the American Risk and Insurance Association in August.<\/p>\n
Deb Osborn, Ph.D. (FSU Career Center & Anne Spencer Daves College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) has been selected as the recipient of the Eminent Career Award bestowed by the National Career Development Association.<\/p>\n
Paul Cohen, (College of Motion Picture Arts) produced Groundswell, a documentary directed by two FSU alumni, Joshua Tickell and Rebecca Harrell Tickell. The film was awarded the Golden Globe Prize for Documentary at Festival De Cannes.<\/p>\n
Elizabeth Ray, Ph.D., Felicia Jordan Jackson, Ph.D. (School of Communication), and Ph.D. candidate Trayana Kaleycheva received the Top Paper Award from the Public Relations division of the International Communication Association (ICA) for their paper, \u201cWhen Smiles and Frowns Meet Sugar and Fat: Affective Cues, Risk Perceptions, and Nutrition Decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jie Chen, Ph.D., RN (College of Nursing), received the Editor of Distinction Award for \u201cAuthor Service Award 2026\u201d from Springer Nature for serving on the editorial board of BMC Nursing, an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of evidence-based nursing care.<\/p>\n
Rachel Duke, Ph.D., Research and Engagement Program Director (Libraries), received the Society of American Archivists (SAA) Foundation Annual Meeting Award to support her attendance at ARCHIVES*RECORDS 2026 in New Orleans, LA.<\/p>\n
Javier Rosado, Ph.D. (College of Medicine) received the 2026 Alumni Award from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, where he did a doctoral internship in Clinical and Community Psychology.<\/p>\n
GRANTS<\/p>\n
Zhe He, Ph.D. (School of Information), and Michael Killian, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) received a CTS Pilot Award for their project, \u201cA Reusable AI-Assisted Psychosocial Risk Synthesis Engine for Pediatric Transplant Evaluation,\u201d from the UF+FSU Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Hub.<\/p>\n
Stephanie Simmons Zuilkowski, Ed.D. (Learning Systems Institute) and Sana Tibi, Ph.D. (Department of Communication Science and Disorders) will serve as principal investigators on a project with IREX on the Early Grade Education Activity (ASAS) in Jordan. LSI will join the project to advance Jordanian-led teacher education initiatives.<\/p>\n
Liz Dunne, M.S., and Michael Pritchard, M.A. (Libraries) received a $9,975 grant from the Florida Department of State Division of Library and Information Services for their project \u201cFSU Libraries \/ Leon County Schools Cross-Sector Professional Learning Community (PLC)\u201d supporting high school librarians and Leon County Dual Enrollment students\u2019 research needs at FSU.<\/p>\n
Gary Ostrander, Ph.D. (College of Medicine) and Eric H. Holmes, Ph.D., (Research and Graduate Programs) were awarded a $365,437.52 grant from the Florida Department of Health Innovation Fund for \u201cEnacting Niclosamide Activity for Cancer Treatment (ENACT).\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
BYLINES<\/p>\n
Marissa Hershon, (John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art) authored the paper, \u201cThe Dwight James Baum Business Records: Rediscovering the Creatives Behind the Ringlings\u2019 Vision for Ca\u2019 d\u2019Zan\u201d which was accepted for the international academic conference, \u201cOn papers. Archives for Project, History and Prospects\u201d at the ArCoD Department of Architecture Construction Design of the Bari Polytechnic University in Bari, Italy, in collaboration with A Faculdade de Arquitetura da Universidade de Lisboa and the Alma Mater Studiorum at University of Bologna HPA Lab, June 2026, and will be included in the peer-reviewed collective volume of the series Quaderni di ArchitecrA \u2013 Architettura attraverso gli Archivi dell\u2019editore Quasar in Rome, Italy.<\/p>\n
Timothy Baghurst, Ph.D. (Anne Spencer Daves College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) co-authored \u201cWhy Context Matters: An Exploration of How Sporting Characteristics Shape Coaching Practice,\u201d published in the Journal of Teaching in Physical Education.<\/p>\n
Timothy Baghurst, Ph.D. (Anne Spencer Daves College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) co-authored \u201cAnalysis of coach and athletic director turnover in the Florida school system,\u201d published in the International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching.<\/p>\n
Joseph Watso, Ph.D. (Anne Spencer Daves College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences) and Ph.D. candidate Christin Domeier co-authored \u201cWater intake mediates cross-sectional associations between urinary kidney injury biomarkers and race in emerging adults,\u201d published in the American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology.<\/p>\n
Jay Kesten, LL.M. and LL.B., (College of Law), has a forthcoming article, \u201cPresidential Immunity: A Lesson from Corporate Law\u201d, with the Georgia State Law Review.<\/p>\n
Kristy Anderson, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) co-authored the article, \u201cCaregiver employment changes and care coordination in families with children and autism,\u201d published in the journal Research in Autism.<\/p>\n
Sonnie Mayewski, MSW, and Michael Killian, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) co-authored the article, \u201cIntegrating shiny web applications into pediatric transplant research: Development, implementation, and case application,\u201d published in the Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation.<\/p>\n
Michael Killian, Ph.D. and Sonnie Mayewski, MSW (College of Social Work) co-authored the article, \u201cBehavioral health and adherence factors driving emergency and inpatient care among pediatric transplant recipients,\u201d published in the Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation.<\/p>\n
Lisa Schelbe, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) co-authored the article, \u201cCorporal punishment in the U.S. Public Schools: A review of state bans,\u201d published in the journal, Children & Schools.<\/p>\n
JaNiene Peoples, Ph.D. (College of Social Work) co-authored the article, \u201cEcological momentary assessment of racial discrimination and same-day and next day alcohol use among Black college students,\u201d published in the journal, Drug and Alcohol Dependence.<\/p>\n
Micha\u00e9 Cain, Ph.D., Lauren Stanley, Ph.D., and Dina Wilke, Ph.D. (College of Social Work and Florida Institute for Child Welfare) co-authored the article, \u201cAn investigation of factors impacting job-stress-related presenteeism among child welfare workers,\u201d published in the Children and Youth Services Review.<\/p>\n
Kara Guinan, M.S., and Lauren Stanley, Ph.D. (College of Social Work and Florida Institute for Child Welfare) co-authored the literature brief \u201cUnderstanding Disordered Eating in System-Involved Youths: A Trauma-Informed Overview for Child Welfare Professionals,\u201d which will be published through the Florida Institute for Child Welfare.<\/p>\n
Burcu Izci, Ph.D. (College of Social Work and Florida Institute for Child Welfare) co-authored the article \u201cGuiding parents on young children\u2019s digital technology use: Insights from preservice and in-service teachers\u201d, in the Journal of Research in Childhood Education.<\/p>\n
Patrick Merle, Ph.D. (School of Communication), and graduate student Mitch Krueger co-authored \u201cAre all uses of AI created equal? An experimental review of AI disclosure types on credibility\u201d in Journalism.<\/p>\n
Sun Young Park, Ph.D., Jaejin Lee, Ph.D., and Braidyn Lazenby, Ph.D. (School of Communication) co-authored the research article, \u201cGut health goes viral: analyzing influencer advertising for dietary supplements on TikTok,\u201d in the International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Marketing.<\/p>\n
Zhe He, Ph.D., Mia Lustria, Ph.D. (School of Information), Obianuju Aliche, Ph.D. (College of Medicine), Kyunghye Kim, Ph.D. (School of Information), and doctoral student Lovinta Atrinawati co-authored the systematic review, \u201cPatient Experiences With Online Laboratory Test Presentations From Access to Activation: Systematic Review\u201d, in the Journal of Medical Internet Research.<\/p>\n
Kathleen P. Wilson, Ph.D., APRN, FNP-BC, BC-ADM, FAANP, FNAP, DipACLM (College of Nursing), co-authored \u201cLifestyle interventions for major depressive disorder (MDD): An expert consensus statement from the American College of Lifestyle Medicine.\u201d Published in the Journal of Lifestyle Medicine.<\/p>\n
Brittany Lane, MPH, Ph.D., Casey D. Xavier Hall, MPH, Ph.D., Artur Queiroz, Ph.D., BSN, MS (College of Nursing), Rasheda Haughbrook, MS, Ph.D. (Center of Population Sciences for Health Empowerment), Umedjon \u201cUmed\u201d Ibragimov, Ph.D., Liying Wang, Ph.D., Eugenia Flores Millender, Ph.D., RN, PMH-APRN, FAAN, FAANP, Frank \u201cFrankie\u201d Y. Wong, Ph.D. and Amanda Gabster, Ph.D., MSc (College of Nursing),\u00a0 co-authored \u201cHealthcare Acceptability and Delayed Care Among Older People Living with HIV in the All of Us Program.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brendan Weaver, Ph.D. (Department of Art History) authored a chapter within The Oxford Handbook of South American Archaeology.<\/p>\n
Brenda Wawire, Ph.D. (Learning Systems Institute) co-authored \u201cUnderstanding the Relations between the Component Skills of Reading Comprehension among English Language Learners from Kenya,\u201d which was published in Reading & Writing quarterly.<\/p>\n
Michelle Bumatay, Ph.D. (Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics) edited a special issue of the journal Francosph\u00e8res (Liverpool UP), vol. 15, Issue 1, titled \u201cFrancophone Afrotopias.\u201d She also wrote the introduction, edited an interview with the Francophone Senegalese author Felwine Sarr, and contributed an article titled \u201cFrancophone comics by African digital natives: Forming (as) inclusive Afrotopias.\u201d<\/p>\n
Michael Neal, Ph.D. (Department of English) had his article, \u201cFollowing the North Star: Movement Toward Universal Writing Assessment,\u201d published in the Journal of Writing Assessment, a peer-reviewed publication dedicated to topics in writing assessment.<\/p>\n
Jacquelyn H. Clements, Ph.D., Digital Projects Librarian (Libraries), authored a review of Welo Hou in the June 2026 issue of ARLIS\/NA Multimedia & Technology Reviews.<\/p>\n
Delaney W. La Rosa, EdD, MSN Ed, RN (College of Nursing), co-authored the textbook \u201cNursing Education in the AI Era: Practical Guidance for Educators to Provide Equitable Care\u201d. The textbook has been adopted for use at Harvard University and will be featured in the window display at the Harvard Book Store in Cambridge, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n
Karen Geletko, MPH, Jon Mills, Ph.D., Jeffrey Harman, Ph.D. (College of Medicine) and three medical students published \u201cImpact of Legislation on Adolescent E-Cigarette Use\u201d in Public Health Reports.<\/p>\n
Yang Hou, Ph.D., Dan Liu, Ph.D., and Xiaoli Zong, Ph.D., (College of Medicine) were among the global team of authors of \u201cAge-varying associations between parent-reported executive function and internalizing\/externalizing problems in children with neurofibromatosis type 1: an integrative analysis of data from nine institutions,\u201d published in the Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society.<\/p>\n
Karen MacDonell, Ph.D., and Sylvie Naar, Ph.D. (Center for Translational Behavioral Science\/College of Medicine) were two five authors who published \u201cBlood Spot Biosampling Technology for HIV Viral Load Collection Among Youth with HIV\u201d in AIDS and Behavior.\u00a0<\/p>\n
PRESENTATIONS<\/p>\n
Dillon Pruett, Ph.D. (School of Communication Science & Disorders) presented a poster, \u201cThe gene VRK2 is implicated in genome-wide analyses of stuttering, language, and rhythm traits,\u201d at the Molecular Psychiatry Association Conference in Lihue, Hawaii.<\/p>\n
JR Harding, Ed.D. (Wertheim College of Business) presented in May with FSU students Julian Dirani, Ashley Evans and Kristen Mancinelli at FSU Panama City\u2019s 2nd Annual Northwest Florida Disability Conference. Their topic was the Evolution of Higher Education and PWDs.<\/p>\n
James Hunt, Ph.D. (Office of Institutional Research) presented \u201cNavigating Your Professional Development Through IR Organizations\u201d at the 2026 Association for Institutional Research in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n
Katherine Gipalo, MPA and Samantha Nix, Ph.D. (Office of Institutional Research) co-presented \u201cHow Do I Say No? Discussing Strategies for Saying No to Stakeholders\u201d at the 2026 Association for Institutional Research in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n
Heather Epstein-Diaz, MLIS (Office of Institutional Research) co-presented \u201cData Governance as a Service: Building Trust, Access, and Usability\u201d at the 2026 Association for Institutional Research in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n
Heather Epstein-Diaz, MLIS and Eclipse Ramsey, MSI (Office of Institutional Research) co-presented \u201cAI Readiness Starts with Context: Semantic Layers for Higher Education\u201d at the 2026 Association for Institutional Research in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n
Lee Howell, MBA (Information Technology Services) presented \u201cMetrics Strategies: Aligning Data, Tactics, and Purpose for IR Success\u201d and \u201cBeyond the Numbers: Faculty Achievement in Fine Arts\u201d at the 2026 Association for Institutional Research in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n
Landon Weeks, (Division of University Advancement) presented \u201cMaximizing our Joint Slay: Strategies to Effectively Leverage Campus Partnerships at the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education\u2019s (CASE) Recent Alumni and Student Engagement conference in Nashville, Tennessee.<\/p>\n
Frederick Abbott, LL.M. and J.D., (College of Law), presented at the \u201cOrder and Disorder in International Trade: The Past and the Future,\u201d meeting hosted by the European Free Trade Association, the World Trade Institute, and the University of Bern, in Bern, Switzerland.<\/p>\n
Michael Morley, J.D., (College of Law), presented at the Florida Bar Government Lawyer Section\u2019s first-ever Legacy & Leadership Symposium at The Florida Bar Annex Building in Tallahassee. He presented a \u201cSurvey of Recent Cases in Elections Law,\u201d which reviewed court decisions affecting state and federal 2026 elections laws.<\/p>\n
Ose Ndebbio, M.S. (Florida Institute for Child Welfare, College of Social Work), and Jessica Greil-Burkhart, MSW (College of Social Work), presented \u201cScaling Course Improvement Without Losing Instructional Judgment\u201d at the Teaching and Learning with AI conference at the Gaylord Convention Center in Orlando, Florida.<\/p>\n
Machelle Madsen Thompson, Ph.D. (College of Social Work), Malaika Samples, Ph.D. and Tenille Taylor (Florida Institute for Child Welfare) and (Stoops Center for Communities, Families, and Children) presented a half-day training, \u201cAdvancing Child Maltreatment Interventions Through Case-Based Training and Virtual Reality,\u201d at the Association of Professionals Solving the Abuse of Children 2026 conference in New Orleans, Louisiana.<\/p>\n
Mona Bozorgi, Ph.D. (Department of Art) chaired a session, Materiality and Response-ability and presented her research titled Affective Matter: On the Exchange Between Image, Substance, and Bodies. She was also part of a juried group exhibition and served as a portfolio reviewer at the Society for Photographic Education Annual Conference in Atlanta.<\/p>\n
Yelena McLane, Ph.D. (School of Design) presented a paper titled Generative Affordances in Permanent Supportive Housing: Applying Ecological Theory to Dignified Design at the annual Environmental Design Research Association conference in Amherst, MA.<\/p>\n
Grace Aneiza Ali, MFA (Department of Art) was a featured speaker at the Donald Locke Symposium: Edge of Spirit in London.<\/p>\n
Erin Morpeth-Provost (Counseling & Psychological Services) presented a general session \u201cEMDR in a University Counseling Center: Client Outcomes and Practical Use in Response to a Campus Crisis\u201d at the American College Health Association annual conference.<\/p>\n
Mari Kay Avant (University Health) co-presented two general sessions at the American College Health Association annual conference: \u201cAdministration Hot Topics: Marketing Student Health Centers\u201d and \u201cDesigning For Impact: Creative Strategies to Market College Healthcare to Gen Z Students.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nicole Lilly (Career Center) presented \u201cFrom Stuck to Sprouting: Tools for Resilient Career Thinking\u201d at the Graduate Career Consortium.<\/p>\n
Amy Magnuson, Ph.D., R.D. and Kelly Dykes, BSN, RN, CHPE, CPHIMS (University Health Services) co-presented \u201cThe Business Backbone of Student Health\u201d at the 2026 American College Health Association annual conference.<\/p>\n
Carrie Meyers and Jim Reynolds (Learning Systems Institute\/FSU InSPIRE) presented at the 4th annual Teaching and Learning with AI conference at UCF.<\/p>\n
Laura Greene, Ph.D. (Mag Lab), Anna Romanova, Ph.D. (Learning Systems Institute), and Michael Shatruk, Ph.D. (Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry) presented as part of the U.S. Science and Education Forum at the Lviv Academic Bridge.<\/p>\n
Rob Schoen, Ph.D. (Learning Systems Institute) presented \u201cThe human-in-the-loop: Navigating the intersection of AI limitations and expert pedagogy in mathematical task design\u201d at the annual conference of the Florida Council of Teachers of Mathematics.<\/p>\n
Rob Schoen, Ph.D. and Amanda Tazaz, Ph.D. (Learning Systems Institute) presented \u201cImpact of CGI on Teachers and Students in Florida\u201d and \u201cUsing M-CLIPS to Detect Impact of CGI on Teaching: Results from a Randomized Control Trial\u201d at the 2026 CGI Conference in Arizona.<\/p>\n
Lakesia Dupree, Ph.D., Odalis Tavares, Ph.D., Amanda Tazaz, Ph.D., and Shanann Young (Learning Systems Institute) presented \u201cEmpowering Families to Support CGI Practices at Home\u201d at the 2026 CGI Conference in Arizona.<\/p>\n
Alda Balthrop-Lewis, Ph.D. (Department of Religion) presented, \u201cPatience and Political Asceticism,\u201d as part of the Patience in Adversity Summer Seminar hosted by the Templeton Religion Trust funded grant at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana.<\/p>\n
Tarez Samra Graban, Ph.D. (Department of English) presented her papers, \u201cCultural Lines of Sight: Reconsidering Historical Memory in and of the UN World Conference on Women at Beijing,\u201d and, \u201cUnsettling Expectations about the Resilience of South Africa\u2019s Black Sash,\u201d at the 22nd Biennial Conference of the Rhetoric Society of America in Portland, Oregon.<\/p>\n
David Newheiser, Ph.D. (Department of Religion) presented, \u201cMysticism and Political Theory,\u201d at the British International Studies Association 2026 Conference in Brighton and the invited lecture, \u201cCritical Political Theology\u201d at King\u2019s College London, in the United Kingdom. He also presented, \u201cMiracles and Democratic Imagination: The Power of an Impossible Hope,\u201d at the International Network in Philosophy of Religion in Paris, France, and, \u201cReligion, Wonder, and the Limits of Reason: Reframing the Debate over Miracles,\u201d at Panteion University in Athens, Greece.<\/p>\n
Silvia Valisa, Ph.D. (Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics) co-organized the panel, \u201cItalian Ecopoetry in Translation: An Ecology of Attention,\u201d and presented her paper, \u201cMoving Encounters: Italian Ecopoetry Translation Workshop at FSU,\u201d at the Poetry\u2019s Environments Conference organized by Poetry@Leeds, the poetry center of the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n
Alice Maxwell, M.A., Jessie Colegrove, M.A. and Evan Eisenstark (Division of Student Affairs Marketing and Communications) presented, \u201cBefore the Glow Up: Rebuilding Career Center Marketing for What Comes Next\u201d at the Council for Advancement and Support of Education Annual Marketing and Branding Conference in Denver, Colorado.<\/p>\n
Saanchi Shah, Ph.D., and Boris Kantor, Ph.D. (Institute for Pediatric Rare Diseases\/ College of Medicine) presented at the A.J. Anderson Foundation & IPRD Rare Disease Conference in Palm Harbor, Florida. Shah spoke about presented \u201cSunshine Genetics Updates\u201d while Kantor presented \u201cGene Therapy for Pediatric Rare Diseases: Current Status and Future Perspectives.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rebecca Carter, LCSW, and Karen Cramer, MSW (College of Medicine) spoke at the 2026 National Association of Social Workers-Florida Annual Conference in Orlando on \u201cCBT for Nicotine Dependence: Better Behavioral Health and Recovery Outcomes in Social Work Practice.<\/p>\n
Joseph Gabriel, Ph.D. (College of Medicine) and his two co-editors of \u201cDealing with Drugs: New Histories of Risk and Benefit\u201d were guests on a University of Rochester Press podcast about their book, part of the Rochester Studies in Medical History book series.<\/p>\n
Regan Bailey, Ph.D., and Patrick Stover, Ph.D. (Institute for Connecting Nutrition and Health\/College of Medicine) presented at the 31st Marabou Symposium in Stockholm, Sweden, with the theme \u201cDynamics of Nutrient Needs to Compensate for Metabolic Decline in Aging.\u201d Stover moderated panel discussions and Bailey presented \u201cBringing it all\u00a0 together: Nutrient needs throughout the life cycle.\u201d<\/p>\n
Heather Flynn, Ph.D., and Mike Drury, Psy.D., (College of Medicine) presented \u201cFundamentals of Psychological Treatments for Perinatal Behavioral Health\u201d in a webinar for healthcare professionals.<\/p>\n
EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES<\/p>\n
Jamie Ho, MFA (Department of Art) had work featured in Fellowship 26 at Silver Eye Center for Photography in Pittsburgh, PA.<\/p>\n
Katie Kehoe, MFA (Department of Art) has a series of 6 photographs exhibiting in \u201cUnprecedented\u201d at The Crown Gallery at Metro Art Studios in Bridgeport, CT, and is also in the group exhibition, \u201cThe Forest was Rebuilt with Scrap and Ply\u201d at Wiregrass Museum of Art in Dothan, AL.<\/p>\n
Alena Mehic, MFA (Department of Art)\u2019s work \u201cZa Mamu\u201d will be on view at \u201csomewhere i have never travelled\u201d, an exhibition at Behind VA Shadows in Cambridge, MA.<\/p>\n
Jiha Moon, MFA (Department of Art) exhibited\u00a0\u201cCollection, Reframed: Jiha Moon\u201d at Bechtler Museum of Modern Art in Charlotte, NC.<\/p>\n
Meredith Lynn, MFA (Department of Art)\u2019s work \u201cBad Outdoorsmen (Application Video)(Northeast Florida)\u201d is on view at The Orlando Museum of Art for the 12th Annual Florida Prize in Contemporary Art exhibitions. Professor Meredith Lynn\u2019s monograph is available at the Orlando Museum of Art store.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lilian Garcia-Roig,\u00a0(Department of Art) is included in several traveling group shows including, \u201cLet Us Gather In A Flourishing Way\u201d at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum, New York, which will be followed by a national tour including presentations at the Des Moines Art Center, the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, the Phoenix Art Museum, and the Frye Art Museum, Seattle.<\/p>\n
SERVICE<\/p>\n
Kyeonghee Kim, Ph.D. (Wertheim College of Business), joined the Academic Advisory Council of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners\u2019 Center for Insurance Policy and Research, for which she will provide input and guidance on the center\u2019s mission to advance understanding of insurance issues among policymakers, regulators, industry leaders and academia.<\/p>\n
Latika Young, MA, Ed.M. (Center for Undergraduate Research and Academic Engagement) chaired the panel \u201cExpanding the Scope of CUR: A Panel Discussion about Statewide Efforts to Support Undergraduate Research\u201d and served as host for a lunch discussion table on \u201cStatewide Support for Undergraduate Research\u201d at the ConnectUR conference hosted by the Council on Undergraduate Research in College Park, Maryland.<\/p>\n
Kathleen P. Wilson, Ph.D., APRN, FNP-BC, BC-ADM, FAANP, FNAP, DipACLM (College of Nursing), has been appointed as Member at Large to the Fellows of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (FAANP) Executive Committee. The FAANP program is dedicated to the global advancement of nurse practitioners (NPs) and the high-quality health care NPs deliver.<\/p>\n
Jessica Bahorski, Ph.D., APRN, PPCNP-BC, WHNP-BC (College of Nursing) and BSN undergraduate students Kelsie Nyman and Madison Roy attended the Gadsden County Healthy Start Coalition Baby Bash. They offered height and weight measurement for infants with growth chart tracking.<\/p>\n
Leah Sherman, Ph.D., Visual & Performing Arts Librarian (Libraries), was elected Vice-Chair\/Chair-Elect of the Arts Section of the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) for the 2026\u20132029 term, reflecting her ongoing leadership in arts librarianship.<\/p>\n
Laurel Harbin, Ph.D., AICP, LEED-AP (Office of the Provost) and Rabieh Razzouk, MBA (Learning Systems Institute) have each been appointed by FSU President Richard McCullough to serve two-year terms on the Florida State University Schools, Inc. Board of Directors.<\/p>\n
Alice Maxwell, M.A. (Division of Student Affairs Marketing and Communications) served as faculty for the Council for Advancement and Support of Education Annual Marketing and Branding Conference in Denver, Colorado. In addition to helping plan the conference, she moderated the student communications focused panel \u201cWhat Students Wish You Knew\u201d and served on the panel \u201cAI in Marketing and Branding: What\u2019s Working, What\u2019s Not, and What\u2019s Next\u201d as a speaker.<\/p>\n
Cheryl Porter, Ph.D. (College of Medicine) was appointed to the inaugural Research, Engagement, Growth and Scholarship Committee of the Association of American Medical Colleges.\u00a0 AAMC restructured its groups and replaced the Group on Student Affairs with the Learner Access, Support, Opportunity and Retention Group, of which this new committee is a part.<\/p>\n
Susan Epstein, MSLS (College of Medicine) was named to the Information, Discovery & Interchange Topic Committee of the National Information Standards Organization, a library access organization.<\/p>\n
NOTABLE<\/p>\n
Patrick Merle, Ph.D. (School of Communication) has been accepted to present at the 27th annual congress of the European Public Relations Education and Research Association in September in Malaga, Spain.<\/p>\n
Richard Morris, (School of Communication Science and Disorders) retired after serving Florida State University for nearly four decades (since 1988).<\/p>\n
Giovanni Lopez, (Wertheim College of Business) served as a panelist at the 2026 Technology in Business Schools Round Table annual meeting, hosted by the University of Colorado Leeds School of Business, and offered insights about moving into a new building, including planning, design, construction, technology, implementation and more.<\/p>\n
Maria Paula McIntyre Nwenyi (Center for Leadership & Service) is one of 15 FSU faculty and staff members who earned the Institutional Research Data Literacy and Analytics Certificate in Spring 2026.<\/p>\n
The Ukraine Task Force, led by Vilma Fuentes, Ph.D. (Learning Systems Institute), hosted Dmytro Dyadin, Ph.D. and Oleksandr Hrytsyna, Ph.D. as part of the Bridge USA Ukraine Program for Resilience and Reconstruction, which connects Ukrainian and U.S. scholars to foster research, develop education, and rebuild resilience through impactful international partnerships.<\/p>\n
Rick Burnette (Sr. Vice Provost & Chief Strategy Officer) participated in \u201cThe Higher Education AI Reality Check\u201d IREX webinar discussing FSU\u2019s approach to AI and the broader questions surrounding its use in higher education.<\/p>\n
Lakesia Dupree, Ph.D., Odalis Tavares, Ed.D., and Amanda Tazaz, Ph.D. (Learning Systems Institute) worked with educators in Hillsborough County on the Successful Start: Cognitively Guided Instruction project, providing training and support to math teachers serving students in foundational grades.<\/p>\n
Please send items for Faculty and Staff Briefs to\u00a0tfordyce@fsu.edu<\/a>. We publish monthly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Florida State University\u2019s distinguished faculty are central to the mission of the university. Faculty excellence in scholarship, research,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":255292,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29,69232],"class_list":["post-324946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-fsu-faculty-staff-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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