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Florida Center for Behavioral Health Workforce launches state's first-of-its-kind interactive dashboard
The interactive dashboard projects behavioral health workforce supply and demand through 2035, equipping policymakers, providers, educators, and advocates to confront Florida’s critical shortage of behavioral health professionals. The launch comes ahead of Florida Behavioral Health Day on Oct. 15, which spotlights the urgent need to close access gaps and prepare the state’s workforce for the future. Read more.
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Donors join Distinguished University Professor Emerita Kathleen Heide in paying it forward with criminology scholarship
As a young faculty member at USF, Kathleen Heide, PhD, now Distinguished University Professor Emerita, received a small but pivotal gift that helped her launch the groundbreaking research on juvenile homicide that would define her career. Heide and other donors are paying forward that generosity with a scholarship to support students studying criminology at USF. Read more.
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CFS faculty awarded $1.87M in federal grants to explore AI ethics in academia, interdisciplinary training for behavior analysts
Two faculty members in the Department of Child and Family Studies have secured more than $1.87 million in federal grants for new research and training initiatives. Read more.
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Doctoral student David Ajayi wins national grant for aphasia research
David Ajayi, a second-year doctoral student in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, has been awarded the Barbara Martin Aphasia Grant for his work on "Neural Mechanisms of Recursive Self-Feedback in Nonfluent Aphasia: A Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Study" in the Brain and Aphasia Recovery Lab at USF. Read more.
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Hana Kim receives ASHFoundation New Investigators Research Grant
Hana Kim, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, has received a 2025 New Investigators Research Grant from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation (ASHFoundation). The $10,000 grant supports early-career scholars conducting innovative research in communication sciences. Read more.
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School of Aging Studies faculty participate in panel on technology and aging at statewide summit
Faculty from the School of Aging Studies shared their expertise at the fourth Senior Living and Post-Acute Care Innovation Summit, an event focused on how technology and research are transforming aging and care. Read more.
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Travis Atchison presents to future social workers on social work leadership
Travis Atchison, MSW, LCSW, MCAP, adjunct instructor in the School of Social Work, presented on social work leadership to second-year, full-time, in-person Master of Social Work students. Read more.
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Groom-Sheddler, S., Miltenberger, R., & Baruni, R. (2025). Evaluating video self-modeling to teach medication safety skills to children with autism. Behavioral Interventions, 40(4), e70047. https://doi.org/10.1002/bin.70047
Grosholz, J.M., Stone, S.S., & Pieri, Z.P. (2025). “The future of our nation’s in her hands”: The social construction of gender in far-right music. Crime, Media, Culture. 17416590251381738. https://doi.org/10.1177/17416590251381738
López, L. M., Arch, D. A. N, Foster, M. E., Nylund-Gibson, K. (2025). Exploring cross-domain relations in language and literacy profiles of Latine bilingual language learners in the U.S. Reading Research Quarterly, 60(4), e70072. https://doi.org/10.1002/rrq.70072
McCullen, M. N., & Zerger, H. M. (2025). Using self-tailored deposit contracts and reinforcement thinning to increase physical activity of sedentary adults. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.70032
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CHARIT-A-BULL Donation Drive
Oct. 1–17
CBS drop-off locations: MHC 1117, MHC Atrium, PCD 1st Floor Lobby, and in the SOC building (on the 3rd floor, Criminology reception area).
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Bridge Clinic - Social Work Society October Donation Drive
Oct. 1–30
The USF BRIDGE Clinic is a student-run free clinic serving
uninsured adults in Tampa. Social work students provide
assessments, counseling, and resource referrals to address psychosocial needs and connect patients with community support. Donation boxes can be found in the School of Social Work suite MHC 1400.
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Breaking Invisible Bonds: Navigating the Challenges of Trauma Bonding in Cases of Human Trafficking
Oct. 17 | 1–2:30 p.m. | Online Event
Joan Reid, PhD, is a leading expert on human trafficking whose research on child sex trafficking has shaped state and federal policy. She will be joined by Klejdis Bilali, a criminology doctoral student and registered mental health counseling intern whose work focuses on interpersonal violence and prevention. Together, they will present "Breaking Invisible Bonds: Navigating the Challenges of Trauma Bonding in Cases of Human Trafficking."
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Webinar: Faculty Champions – Rethinking Assessment in the Age of AI
Fri, Oct 17 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Online event
This webinar introduces Faculty Champions: Rethinking Assessment in the Age of AI, a new initiative highlighting faculty who are exploring alternative, authentic assessment strategies. We’ll spotlight approaches that:
- Replace or supplement traditional assessments
- Strengthen academic integrity in the age of AI
- Focus on how students learn, not just what they know
- Encourage creativity, collaboration, reflection, and real-world application
You’ll hear examples from colleagues, learn how to share your own assessment strategies, and discover how this initiative will build a cross-campus collection of practices, events, and resources.
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Department of Criminology Research Talks | Open to All | SOC 321
Oct. 17 – Mateus Santos, PhD
Oct. 31 – George Burruss, PhD
Organized by Thomas Loughran, PhD, Research Talks brings together faculty to share their research and foster scholarly discussion.
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