Faculty & Research News


Charles Koch Foundation Supports FSU Breakthroughs in Criminal Justice Research
Friday, December 06, 2019

The Charles Koch Foundation has provided a generous gift of over $6.5 million to support the groundbreaking work being conducted at the Institute for Justice Research and Development (IJRD) in the Florida State University College of Social Work.

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FSU Innovations in Criminal Justice Nationally Recognized
Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Carrie Pettus-Davis, the executive director and founder of Florida State University’s Institute for Justice Research and Development, has received the 2019 Marguerite Q. Warren and Ted B.

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FSU Researchers Study Technology’s Impact on Increased Support for Individuals Under Community Supervision
Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Is a smartphone app the answer to increasing support and improving well-being among individuals under community supervision? A team of researchers led by two Florida State University scholars intends to find out with the help of a $1.9 million grant from the National Institute of Justice.

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FSU Partners with Tech Firm SoapBox for Child Literacy Project
Friday, November 08, 2019

Florida State University’s world-renowned Florida Center for Reading Research (FCRR) announced a multi-year partnership with Dublin based, kids’ speech recognition technology company SoapBox Labs, to create and deliver next-generation language and literacy assessments that could transform how young children around the world learn to read.

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FSU Researchers Receive Grant to Conduct Re-entry Program for Young Men
Monday, October 21, 2019

Florida State University has received a grant totaling nearly $1.2 million from the National Institute of Justice to evaluate the effectiveness of a comprehensive trauma-based re-entry program for young adult men.

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Child Welfare Session Aims to Improve the Incorporation of Research into Practice and Policy
Friday, October 11, 2019

Child welfare professionals gathered in September for the Prevent Child Abuse America (PCAA) Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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FSU Faculty Members Receive NIH Grant to Study Long-Term Role of Character Traits in Heart Surgery Patients
Friday, October 11, 2019

A team of Florida State University researchers has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the resilience of older patients after undergoing open-heart surgery. 

The study, a first of its kind, will provide a comprehensive analysis of long-term survival benefits of psychological strengths, such as optimism and spirituality, in older adults with advanced heart disease.

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College of Social Work Acknowledges Notable Graduates and Scholarship Recipients
Monday, September 30, 2019

The Florida State University College of Social Work celebrated its 2019 Distinguished Graduate Award recipients and social work scholarship recipients at a dinner at the FSU Alumni Association Thursday, Sept. 26.

Each year, the event celebrates the contributions of students, alumni, and donors to the College of Social Work, social work education and the profession.

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Interdisciplinary Faculty Team Awarded Grant to Examine Outcomes in Pediatric Organ Transplants
Thursday, September 12, 2019

Two Florida State University faculty members have been awarded a grant to study health outcomes after pediatric organ transplants.

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Remembering Former Faculty Member: Dr. Barbara White
Wednesday, August 07, 2019

Barbara Williams White (1943-2019) passed away on July 19, 2019. She was born February 26, 1943, in Macon, Georgia and was raised in Jacksonville, Florida. White completed her undergraduate studies at Florida A&M University in music education (BS, ’64). She went on to complete bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in social work at Florida State University (BSW, ’74; MSW, ’75; Ph.D., ’86).

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