CFS leader receives SRAI Distinguished Faculty designation | |
Kimberly Read, MBA, PhD, Child and Family Studies director of business and research administration, received the Society of Research Administrators International (SRAI) Distinguished Faculty designation. SRAI is the premier global research management society providing education, professional development, and the latest comprehensive information about research management to professionals from over 40 countries. This designation recognizes individuals who continually distinguish themselves as exemplar teachers, scholars, and practitioners in the field. Read more.
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Social Work student aims to broaden on-campus resources for students with disabilities
While researching on-campus accessibility resources during her freshman year, Simone Till, a senior social work major, found that there were only two programs available to disabled students – Student Accessibility Services and Best Buddies. Till, who lives with a disability herself, wants to "create a student-led accessibility committee in which students would have the opportunity to reach out to one another, learn about the experiences of those with different disabilities and share about the associated struggles that come with them." In addition to expanding resources on campus, Till advocates for those with disabilities and has worked alongside Teaching Postdoctoral Scholar Jillian Heilman, PhD, CRC on the new Master of Arts in Rehabilitation Counseling and Disability Sciences. Read more.
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Criminology students selected in MLB draft | As the last rounds of the Major League Baseball (MLB) draft commenced on Tuesday afternoon, two criminology students were chosen to take their baseball careers to the next level. Pitcher Brad Lord (pictured left) was selected by the Washington Nationals in the 18th round, 531st overall pick. According to his bio, Lord wants to join law enforcement like his father, after his baseball career. Infielder/outfielder Carmine Lane (pictured right) was selected in the 19th round, 562nd pick for the Miami Marlins. In 2022, Lane was the only member of USF's baseball team to start and play every game and was No. 1 in the American Athletic Conference in hits and RBI. | |
Criminology alum makes MLB debut | David Villar, a 2020 criminology graduate and former USF baseball captain, was recently called up to play third base for the San Francisco Giants. Villar was drafted by the Giants in 2018 as the 316th pick in the 11th round. Throughout his time in the minor leagues, he played 347 games with a .274 batting average and 67 home runs. Villar hit his first MLB career home run in the July 8 game against the San Diego Padres. Watch the video. | |
CSD students and instructors attend FLASHA Annual Convention
Several students and instructors from the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) attended and gave presentations at the Florida Association of Speech Pathologists and Audiologists (FLASHA) Annual Convention. This year's convention, titled "Leaving a Legacy," was held in downtown St. Petersburg and celebrated the positive impact attendees have made on clients and in the fields of audiology and speech-language pathology. The convention provided participants the opportunity to gain more knowledge and network with other professionals. Read more.
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Florida child welfare agency said the kids were doing fine. Actually, they were dead
Miami Herald
“...the former director of Child Welfare Projects for the Department of Child and Family Studies at the University of South Florida’s Florida Mental Health Institute."
CDC: Drug overdose deaths in the US increased by 30%, driven by fentanyl
WTSP (CBS) - Tampa
"USF's Dr. Micah Johnson has been researching fentanyl's impact in the Tampa Bay area and the stress on the Black community."
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'Sextortion' in America: A Cyber Crime That's Stealing Money – and Taking Lives
A&E
"Dr. Roberta O'Malley, an assistant professor of criminology at the University of South Florida, along with Holt, wrote a paper for the Journal of Interpersonal..."
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Chandregowda, A., Duffy, J. R., Machulda, M. M., Lowe, V. J., Whitwell, J. L., & Josephs, K. A. (2022). Dynamic aphasia with emerging agrammatism, anomia and aberrant frontal behaviors in a case of atypical parkinsonism. Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience.
doi:10.1111/ncn3.12658
Foster, M. E., Smith, S. A., & Spencer, T. D. (2022). Sources of individual differences in early elementary school science achievement among multilingual and English monolingual children. Cognitive Development, 63, 101223.
doi:10.1016/j.cogdev.2022.101223
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Fridell, L. A., & Marier, C. J. (2022). The Impact of Suspect Race and Precipitating Incident on Community Members’ Assessments of Deadly Force Reasonableness. Homicide Studies. doi:10.1177/10887679221112601 | |
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