FSU Sociology

Congratulations to Dr. Trish Homan, who has been awarded the prestigious Milbank Quarterly Early Career Award in Population Health!!

This award recognizes significant contributions to population health science by an early career scholar. The Milbank Quarterly Early Career Award in Population Health emphasizes contributions that integrate insights from multiple disciplines contributing distinct bodies of knowledge to the challenge of understanding and addressing population health issues.

Sociology's administrative specialist, Ryann Lee, has been recognized as the first of thirteen staff members to receive the inaugural Institutional Research Data Literacy and Analytics Certificate!
This certificate series, newly offered to staff, recognizes a commitment to increase data literacy, access and usage across campus in partnership with the Data User Group, founded by Andrew Brady and Heather Epstein-Diaz from the Office of Institutional Research.

FSU awards institutional research data literacy and analytics certificates to 13 staff members - Florida State University News Florida State University’s Office of Institutional Research recently hosted a Data User Group meeting, during which 13 staff members were […]

Important reminder about student health insurance:

Time is running out! If you do not submit proof of health insurance by July 15, charges will automatically be applied to your myFSU account.

FSU requires all domestic full time, main campus students and all International students with F or J visa types to show proof of health insurance coverage

Congratulations to Dr. Anne Barrett!

The American Sociological Association Section on Aging and the Life Course has awarded the Outstanding Publication Award to Professor of Sociology Anne Barrett, Ph.D., for her research on aging and the life course.

Her award-winning paper, “Centering Age Inequality: Developing a Sociology-of-Age Framework,” was published in 2022 in the Annual Review of Sociology.

“Building on the foundation laid by scholars of life course sociology, age studies, and gerontology, I propose a new framework for thinking about age,” Dr. Barrett said. “I provide some illustrations of ageism that could be useful and then develop my framework that describes age inequality as operating along three axes – it’s an institution, it’s a performance, and it’s an identity.”

To read more, visit coss.fsu.edu/fsu-professor-receives-award-for-aging-and-life-course-research.

Congratulations, Dr. Trish 'Morlan' Homan!!

FSU’s Department of Sociology recognized students and faculty at its annual awards ceremony on Friday, April 26. The Sociology Department grants awards for undergraduate papers, graduate papers, and outstanding faculty.

To view the recipients and learn more about the awards, visit https://coss.fsu.edu/cosspp-students-faculty-celebrated-at-2024-sociology-department-awards-ceremony/

Congratulations to Rachel Sparkman for successfully defending her dissertation today!

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If anyone has extra tickets for the Saturday commencement ceremony, please reach out to the Department (ask for Kim).

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Congratulations, Dr. Homan!

Congratulations to Dr. Patricia Homan for winning Florida State University's Developing Scholar Award!

Dr. Homan is an incredible member of our faculty with FSU Sociology, FSU Center for Demography and Population Health, FSU Public Health Program, FSU's Claude Pepper Center, and FSU's Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy.

The award provides $10,000 to be used to promote Dr. Homan’s program of research and creativity during the coming academic year.

Read more: https://coss.fsu.edu/cosspp-sociologist-wins-developing-scholar-award

Mathew Hauer, Ph.D., an Associate Professor of Sociology and the Associate Director of the Center for Demography and Population Health (CDPH) at Florida State University, was recently awarded the Early Achievement Award from the Population Association of America (PAA).

“Dr. Hauer is one of our very best faculty members at Florida State University,” said Dean Tim Chapin, Ph.D., Dean of the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy. “He’s an exceptional demographer and educator who has brought tremendous value to FSU’s College of Social Science and Public Policy, Department of Sociology, and Center for Demography and Population Health.”

Read more: https://coss.fsu.edu/cdph-associate-director-awarded-early-achievement-award/

Congratulations to all of the new FSU Garnet and Gold Scholar Society inductees, but especially to Sociology major Olivia Klepk!!

FSU Garnet & Gold Scholar Society celebrates Spring 2024 inductees - Florida State University News Florida State University welcomed 93 new inductees into its prestigious Garnet & Gold Scholar Society this spring. Established in 2010, […]

The College of Social Sciences and Public Policy has announced its 2024 Faculty Research, Teaching, and Service Award recipients.

Flowing from the COSSPP Strategic Plan, the College has developed a COSSPP Faculty Awards Series to honor high-achieving faculty in the areas of teaching, research, and service.

“It’s a great privilege to recognize 16 outstanding faculty members with this year’s awards,” said Dean Tim Chapin. “Their unwavering commitment and impactful contributions reinforce our College’s leadership in research, teaching, and service.

To read more about the recipients, visit https://coss.fsu.edu/cosspp-announces-2024-faculty-research-teaching-service-award-recipients/.

Congratulations to our outstanding Sociology Faculty: Dr. Teresa Roach, Dr. Miles Taylor, and Dr. Kathi Tillman!

The College of Social Sciences and Public Policy has announced its 2024 Faculty Research, Teaching, and Service Award recipients.

Flowing from the COSSPP Strategic Plan, the College has developed a COSSPP Faculty Awards Series to honor high-achieving faculty in the areas of teaching, research, and service.

“It’s a great privilege to recognize 16 outstanding faculty members with this year’s awards,” said Dean Tim Chapin. “Their unwavering commitment and impactful contributions reinforce our College’s leadership in research, teaching, and service.

To read more about the recipients, visit https://coss.fsu.edu/cosspp-announces-2024-faculty-research-teaching-service-award-recipients/.

Matthew Brooks, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Sociology at Florida State University, co-authored “Are Rural Areas Holdouts in the Second Demographic Transition? Evidence From Canada and the United States,” published in the journal Demography. Dr. Brooks worked alongside Shelley Clark, Ph.D., a Professor of Sociology at McGill University; Rachel Margolis, Ph.D., a Professor of Sociology at Western University; and Ann-Marie Helou, a doctoral student at McGill University.

The article examines how families living in rural areas of the United States are rapidly changing and increasingly becoming “untraditional” and how rural America’s declining economic profile drives these changes.

Dr. Brooks notes that this research shows that the commonly held view of rural families as being more “traditional,” might no longer hold true. “The family behaviors of rural women now more generally follow the patterns we expect from urban women, even more than the observed behaviors urban women do” Dr. Brooks explained.

Read More: https://coss.fsu.edu/research-spotlight-are-rural-areas-holdouts-in-the-second-demographic-transition-evidence-from-canada-and-the-united-states/

Please join us for a Lunch Time Lecture with FSU Sociology alum Dr. Byron Miller (PhD 2012) on Monday, April 8th!

Congratulations to Emily Daina Šaras for successfully defending her dissertation today!

Please join the African American Studies Program for this exciting talk!

Our next Brown Bag Seminar will feature Michael McFarland, Ph.D., an Associate Professor and CDPH Faculty Associate, who will discuss “Legacy Lead Exposures and Elevated Psychopathology in the U.S. Population Over the Past 75 Years.” The discussion will take place in Room 632 of the Bellamy Building on March 29 from 12-1 p.m. The Brown Bag Lecture series provides students, faculty, and staff a chance to learn about upcoming topics in demography from experts in the field. We can’t wait to see you there!

Florida State University College of Social Sciences & Public Policy career liaison, Tyrone (TJ) Johnson, will be hosting a workshop and information session titled, "What to Do with a Sociology Major" on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at 4 pm in Bellamy 519.

The workshop will focus on post-graduate opportunities for Sociology majors as well as information on applying to law and graduate school. TJ will also provide details about all the career services the university offers and what to do as you prepare for graduation.

Dr. Jennifer Karas Montez will be on campus for a lecture tomorrow morning. Everyone is invited!

Join the Center for Demography and Population Health for the Annual Charles B. Nam Lecture on Friday, March 8 in the Pepper Center Broad Auditorium. The lecture will feature guest speaker Jennifer Karas Montez, Ph.D., who will discuss the topic "U.S. States and Population Health: What do we know and where do we go from here?"

A reception with light refreshments will begin at 9:30 a.m., followed by the lecture at 10 a.m.

For more information: coss.fsu.edu/attend-the-annual-charles-b-nam-lecture-featuring-jennifer-kara-montez-ph-d

Associate Professor of Sociology Michael McFarland, Ph.D., is the lead author of “Racial Slurs by Police and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms: Intrusive Policing and Perceived Injustice” published in the Journal of Urban Health. The article examines the effects that police officers’ use of slurs has on minority youth and their posttraumatic stress.

Dr. McFarland found that when minority youth who reported hearing a racial slur used by a police officer was linked to higher posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTS).

Dr. McFarland encourages future researchers to conduct qualitative interviews with youth that are stopped by police. Dr. McFarland believes this can help answer some questions about the context of the racial slurs used during those police encounters.

Read more: https://coss.fsu.edu/research-spotlight-racial-slurs-by-police-and-posttraumatic-stress-symptoms-intrusive-policing-and-perceived-injustice

On Friday, February 16, Mathew Hauer, Ph.D., Associate Director of the Center for Demography and Population Health and Associate Professor of Sociology, guest lectured at Westminster Oaks. Dr. Hauer discussed potential climate migration and the effects it could have on coastal populations.

Read more: https://coss.fsu.edu/cdph-associate-director-guest-lectures-at-westminster-oaks

Congratulations to PhD student Taylor Darks!

FSU celebrates 2023-2024 McKnight Doctoral and Dissertation Fellows - Florida State University News In February, 24 Florida State University doctoral students were celebrated for receiving the McKnight Doctoral or Dissertation Fellowship at the […]

The Department of Sociology is accepting submissions for two Sociology Paper Awards, due April 5, 2024, to recognize outstanding undergraduate academic excellence.

Winners of the Outstanding Undergraduate Paper Award and the Irene Padavic Award for Sociological Imagination will receive a monetary prize and recognition at the FSU Sociology Department Awards Ceremony.

For more information and submission guidelines, visit coss.fsu.edu/undergraduate-sociology-paper-awards-submissions-open-for-spring-2024/

Congratulations to Sociology faculty Dr. Shantel Buggs and Dr. Sourabh Singh! Both have been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure!

The College of Social Sciences and Public Policy announced the promotions of ten faculty members for the 2023-2024 promotion and tenure cycle.

In total, the promotions added five full Professors and five new Associate Professors.

Read more: https://coss.fsu.edu/10-cosspp-tenure-track-faculty-promoted/