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• Susie Mabry (top), Charlotte Arechederra, and Kennedy Grier (bottom) presented their research at the 2024 Advancements in Research, Inquiry and Scholarship Exhibition.

• Dr. Jeff Will and ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ’s Center for Community Initiatives was awarded a research grant by Three Rivers Legal Services.

•  reported that Dr. David Jaffee’s JAX Rental Housing Project study found that corporations are behind most of the eviction filings in Duval County.  also featured the study in an article about the Beaches Habitat for Humanity’s project to address the housing crisis.  

• MSW student Teleauba Revels received the Delores Auzenne Fellowship.

•  and  spoke with sociologist Dr. David Jaffee and sociology and political science student Katelyn Renzi about the Jax Rental Housing Project Study. 

•  hosted Dr. David Jaffee and Katelyn Renzi, sociology and political science student, to discuss local housing patterns.

•  hosted Dr. David Jaffee and Katelyn Renzi, sociology and political science student, to discuss local housing patterns.

• Dr. Jenny Stuber, Dr. Mandi Barringer, Dr. Cristy Cummings, and Professor Jennifer Barr were among the Top Ten COAS faculty most frequently recognized in the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Graduating Student Survey.

• Dr. Cristy Cummings was recognized as the Social Work Educator of the Year by the Northeast Unit of the Florida Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers.
• Dr. Jasmine Haynes was selected to participate in ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ’s 2024-2025 Community Engagement Research Faculty Fellowship Program.
• Susie Mabry (Dr. Anne Pfister), Charlotte Arechederra (Dr. Jenny Stuber), and Kennedy Grier (Dr. Jonathan Grant) received ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ College of Arts and Sciences SURF grants to support summer research projects.
• The Cummer Family Foundation awarded Dr. Keith Ashley’s Will Cummer Archaeology Internship program $3,400 for the upcoming academic year.
• Dr. Jennifer Spaulding-Givens received a $2,000 Eisen Experiential Learning Award for the 2024-2025 academic year.
• Katelyn Renzi, an undergraduate Sociology/Political Science/Interdisciplinary Studies major, presented a paper “Ownership of Multifamily Housing and its Outcomes on Tenants” at the annual conference of the Southern Sociological Society.
• Dr. Mandi Barringer was honored with an Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award.
• Dr. Audrey Sprenger was recognized with an Outstanding Adjunct Teaching Award.

• SASW hosted the first annual Osprey Outdoor Fest.  This event was supported with funds donated during 2023 Giving Day in memory of Dr. Mandi Barringer’s sister to support community-building and student success. 

• The Social Work Program hosted a Social Work Month Celebration for alumni and students. 

• BSW student Teleauba Revels was featured in the Osprey Profile in Inside ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ. 
• Dr. Jenny Stuber was honored with the Florida Undergraduate Research Association's state-wide Mentor of the Year Award. 
• Anthropology students Vic Hayes, Amelia King, and Kaia Lacey delivered presentations at the Timucuan Science and History Symposium. 
• Sociology student Charlotte Arechederra was recognized as the Undergrad Researcher of the Month by the Office of Undergraduate Research. 
• Sociology students Kai Santos (left) and Charlotte Arechederra (right) presented at the Florida Undergraduate Research Conference. 

• Anthropology student Vic Hayes was featured in the Osprey Profile in Inside ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ. 

• ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ BSW and MSW students traveled to the State Capitol to participate in Legislative Education & Advocacy Day.  This event was sponsored in part by the Eisen Experiential Learning Grant awarded to Dr.  Yolanda Machado-Escudero.

• BSW student Teleauba Revels (left) was recognized with the Albert D. Ernest Jr. Caring Award, and MSW student Destiny Basden (right) was among four finalists. 

  
•  published research by anthropologist Dr. Jessica Chandras on using conditional language and hypotheticals in the classroom.  
• Dr. Jessica Chandras was featured in the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Spotlight.
•  shared sociologist Dr. David Jaffee’s expertise on the affordable housing crisis. 
• Drs. Jessica Chandras, Rosa de Jorio, and Jonathan Grant were awarded a ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Academic Technology grant.
• Dr. Rick Phillips participated in a ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ panel on the integration and implications of Generative AI in academia. 
• Dr. Yolanda Machado-Escudero was featured in a with Changemaker Foundation.
• MSW student Kyaa McClennon was featured in Inside ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ.
• Drs. Jasmine Haynes and Jonathan Grant participated in a Hip Hop panel discussion—one of several events organized by Dr. Grant and co-sponsored by SASW to celebrate the 50^th anniversary of Hip Hop.

• Drs. Jacqueline Meier and Keith Ashley were awarded a 2023-24 Jim Van Vleck Teaching Excellence Award.
•  highlighted Drs. Denise Bossy and Keith Ashley’s incredible work on compiling the story of the indigenous Mocama tribe of Northeast Florida.
•  featured sociologist Dr. David Jaffee discussing a housing discrimination lawsuit. 
• Drs. Denise I. Bossy and Keith Ashley were awarded a three-year $250,000 Collaborative Research Grant funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities to write the first comprehensive Indigenous history of Northeast Florida from 13,000 years ago to the present.
• Drs. Denise Bossy and Keith Ashley were awarded a ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Foundation Grant for their project “Visualizing Indigenous History Northeast Florida.”
• Professor Jennifer Barr was appointed to the Council on Social Work Education's Council on Disability and Persons with Disabilities.

• featured Anthropology student Victoria Hayes’ grant from the Timucuan Parks Foundation and the National Park Service’s Timucuan Ecological Historic Preserve.
• featured Dr. David Jaffee’s expertise on the rental crisis.
•  shared the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Archaeology Lab’s new findings.
• The ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Archaeology Lab is unveiling a lost Indigenous town at Big Talbot Island State Park. Learn more about what the lab has uncovered during their dig.
• featured ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ’s Archaeology Lab’s efforts to unveil new finds about the lost indigenous town of Sarabay.
•  and wrote a feature on the rental housing crisis, and how sociologist David Jaffee is spearheading the Jax Rental Housing Project to develop affordable homes.
• Rachel Paul, a Sociology minor, was named among 154 student civic leaders in the U.S. and Mexico to the 2023 cohort of Newman Civic Fellows by Campus Compact. Learn more about what makes Rachel a student civic leader and about the Newman Civic Fellowship.
• Maria Encinosa, an Anthropology minor and ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ graduate, gets a scholarship to Harvard!
• wrote a feature that included Drs. Denise Bossy and Keith Ashley as having a part in deciphering a lost native language.
• published a guest column written by sociologist Dr. David Jaffee on pending legislation.

• and highlighted how archaeologist Dr. Jackie Meier is uncovering clues on how the people in Greece’s Mycenaean civilization lived.
• ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ celebrates National Social Work Month
• and shared analysis from sociologistDr. David Jaffee who examined the impacts of corporate investors on the local housing market.
• Dr. Jessica Chandras was awarded a NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship Award.
• Drs. Jessica Chandras and Jasmine Haynes were selected to participate in the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Center for Community-Based Learning’s 2023-2024 Community Scholars Program.
• Drs. Jessica Chandras, Rosa de Jorio, and Jonathan Grant were awarded a 2023-2024 Community Engagement Research Fellowship by the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Center for Community-Based Learning.
• Sydney Chatani was recognized as the Outstanding Sociology Student of 2022-2023.
• Magdalynne A. Alley was recognized as the Outstanding Anthropology Student of 2022-2023.
• Khelsea Boyd (Social Work) and Katie Jones (Sociology) received Spring 2023 Osprey Community Engagement Medallions.
• Drs. Keith Ashley and Denise Bossy received a 2023-2024 ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Foundation Grant for their project Visualizing Indigenous History Northeast Florida.
• The Northeast Unit of the National Association of Social Workers-Florida Chapter honored ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ students at the 2023 Social Work Month Celebration. Paul Buchanan was recognized as BSW Student of the Year; Ryan Rish was recognized as MSW Student of the Year; and Alana Rollins received the Michael J. Wilson Award for Social Justice.

From left to right: Dr. Yolanda Machado-Escudero, Dr. Paul Clark, Professor Ross McDonough, BSW Student Paul Buchanan, MSW Student Ryan Rish, MSW Student Alana Rollins, Dr. Jasmine Haynes, and Dr. Cristy Cummings.