What is your name?Dr. Patricia Homan. What kind of work do you do in the college?I am an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Florida State University. I am also an Associate at FSU’s Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy and a Research Affiliate of the Center for Demography and Population Health. I teach, do…
Honors Thesis Spotlight: Women’s STEM Success in Biomedical Science Graduate Programs: An Exploratory Study
While the proportion of women graduates with advanced degrees in STEM has increased in recent years, disparities across disciplines are profound. In particular, female representation in Biological and Biomedical Sciences programs are much higher than in the other STEM disciplines. The National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics reported that in 2018 women received 54…
Honors Thesis Spotlight: Analyzing Labor Market Outcomes in the Integration of Florida’s Refugee Benefit-Eligible Individuals
“Immigrants’ ability to communicate with members of the indigenous population is probably the most important single alterable factor contributing to their social and economic integration.” In the case of the United States, the rapidly shifting composition of the immigrant population from countries that are sociolinguistically distant from the U.S. combined with the post-industrial economy’s increasing demand for skilled employees…
Aging Today: Does the Nightly News Accurately Represent the Participation of Older Americans in Social Movements?
This post is based on Aging Today’s Minutes and Moments segment. No. Television news does not always accurately represent the participation of older Americans in social movements. For example, survey research found that 29% of the individuals attending Tea Party events were between the ages of 50 and 64, and 21% of attendees were over…
Meet a Social Scientist: Dr. Manciagli from Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
What is your name?Dr. Bruce Manciagli. What kind of work do you do in the College? I am a Social Entrepreneur in Residence in Florida State University’s (FSU) College of Social Sciences and Public Policy, a faculty member in the Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship, and a Director of Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Florida…
Honors Thesis Spotlight: End of Year Spending: The Use-It or Lose-It Dilemma: A Case Study of the U.S. Department of State’s Costly Habit
Use-it or Lose-it spending is a tendency that is widespread in many forms of government that utilize the expiring budget fiscal year model to handle finances. From the immense U.S. Government to the relatively small Florida State University Student Government, we can observe this trend in spending behavior occurring at the end of the fiscal…
Research Spotlight: Constitutional Innovation and Imitation in the American States
Today virtually all sovereign countries have written constitutions, but such documents are only a recent innovation. A century ago, roughly 60 written constitutions existed and 250 years ago there were none. While the US Constitution serves as a prominent early example of these documents, it was far from the first written constitution. By the time…
Aging Today: Is it True that Younger People are More Politically Engaged than Older People?
This post is based on Aging Today’s Minutes and Moments segment. It depends on how you define political engagement. Take voting, for example. It is true that older Americans vote at higher rates than younger ones. According to the United States Census Bureau, 70.9% of individuals 65 and older eligible to vote cast a ballot…
Policy Pub: Higher Education in a Post Pandemic World
This post is based on a webinar sponsored by Florida State University’s College of Social Sciences and Public Policy. The year 2020 brought massive changes to almost every industry, and higher education is no exception. Tim Chapin, dean of the FSU College of Social Sciences and Public Policy and professor of urban and regional planning, discusses some…
Meet a Social Scientist: Dr. Kile from Political Science
What is your name?Dr. Brad Kile. What kind of work do you do in the college?I am Teaching Faculty in the Political Science department here at Florida State University, as well as the Director of the Masters of Applied American Politics & Policy Program. And more recently, I have started as the Director of Outreach…
