Stetson in the News: Jan. 12-18, 2024
Top Stories
• Yahoo! News, the Miami Herald, Politifact, the Tampa Bay Times and other media outlets quoted Christopher Ferguson, PhD, professor of Psychology, in the Jan. 12 story“Will curbing social media help kids’ mental health? Florida may try.” “I think there’s a misimpression about what’s going on,” Ferguson said. “Everybody is experiencing a rise in depression and anxiety.” The story also cited Law alumna and Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody.
• Also, Political Correctness Watch and the Free Market Alternative quoted research by Ferguson and Sven Smith, PhD, associate professor of Sociology, in the Jan. 14 post “Mega-Study Finds That Minorities Don’t Receive Harsher Criminal Punishments, But That Academics Said So Anyway.”
• The Florida Times-Union cited Patrick Coggins, PhD, JD, professor of Education, in the Jan. 12 story “‘Hope swells’: Mayor Deegan leads Jacksonville’s reunited Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast.” Television station WJXT News4Jax featured Coggins in the Jan. 15 broadcast segment and online story “St. Augustine commemorates MLK Day with annual breakfast, silent walk.”
• Yahoo! News and The Hill quoted Law professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy in the Jan. 18 story “Citizens United anniversary marks expensive start to 2024 election.”
• Public radio stations WMFE and WUSF featured an interview of Randall Croom, PhD, associate professor of Management, for the Jan. 16 broadcast segment and online story “Economist talks food insecurity, says feeding kids isn’t cheap in Florida.”
• Google Play Books, in a Jan. 16 YouTube post, featured an audiobook preview of “Hitler’s Monsters: A Supernatural History of the Third Reich” by Eric Kurlander, PhD, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of History, and narrated by Grover Gardner.
• Public radio stations WMFE, WUWF, WFIT and WUSF featured an interview with Kristine Dye, PhD, assistant professor of Biology and Health Sciences, for the Jan. 15 broadcast segment and online story “Ladapo’s questions on DNA integration raise local experts’ eyebrows.” “Given the fact that he [Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo] is a physician-scientist, he has an MD PhD, that is super hard to believe that he doesn’t understand freshman-level biology,” Dye said.
• Central Florida News 13 featured Stetson Law in the Jan. 16 broadcast segment “National Day of Racial Healing.”
Other Stories
• Hometown News cited Michael Rickman, professor emeritus and retired professor of Piano, in the Jan. 11 story “Daytona Solisti presents the music of Schubert.”
• WealthManagement.com featured Law adjunct professor Alan Gassman, Law alumnus Jeffrey Southerland and Law student Chriseanna Mitchell in the Jan. 11 story “Live from Heckerling: Increasing Diversity in Estate Planning, One Year Later.”
• Hometown News cited Stetson’s hosting of the play “Keepers of the American Dream” in the Jan. 11 story “Out & About.”
• The Daytona Times cited Stetson in the Jan. 12 story “Honoring MLK: Holiday weekend packed with local events.”
• The Palm Beach Post, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, the Florida Times-Union and other media outlets cited Stetson in the Jan. 12 story “Which Florida colleges have the state’s highest completion rates?”
• Living Fla featured Sean Kennard, DMA, assistant professor of Piano, in the Jan. 12 post “Sean Kennard Piano Recital and Master Class.”
• HappeningNext cited Stetson in the Jan. 13 post “Kinds of ~Nois at Stetson University.”
• HappeningNext featured student Diana Quintero in the Jan. 15 post “Dinner with Diana at ‘Chicas’ on Main Street.”
• The Historical Marker Database cited Stetson Law in the Jan. 15 post “The Don Ce Sar Hotel.”
• The West Volusia Beacon cited Stetson Law in the Jan. 16 story “Sands of time: Building on Indiana Avenue has rich history.”
• The West Volusia Beacon cited Stetson in the Jan. 16 story “Throwback Thursday.”
• Coral Springs Talk cited Stetson in the Jan. 16 story “Ramblewood Middle Band Director to be Inducted into Florida Bandmasters Hall of Fame.”
• HappeningNext featured Stetson in the Jan. 16 post “Sandra Stetson Aquatic Center tour.”
• The West Volusia Beacon’s Jan. 20-27 Calendar cited the following Stetson-related events: faculty recital featuring bass-baritone Chadley Ballantyne, DMA, assistant professor of Music, Voice, and pianist Kristie Born, DMA, visiting lecturer; Great Organists at Stetson concert; Old Northwest Residential District Walking Tour; Open Dialogues Documentary Film Shorts Series: Stories From the LGBTQ Community; guest recital featuring the saxophone quartet Nois; guest recital featuring the TraverSura Duo; “Meditations of Life and Death” opening reception and gallery walk at the Hand Art Center; “The Beauty of Politics: Oscar Bluemner and Luca Molnar” at the Hand Art Center, featuring Luca Molnar, MFA, assistant professor of Art; Beyond Fighting and Courtesy: Learning Across Disagreements, lecture by Paul Croce, PhD, professor of History; a faculty recital featuring Nathan Munson, DMA, assistant professor of Voice, and pianist Kristie Born, DMA, visiting lecturer; and the City of DeLand Career Expo.
• The Indian River Guardian cited the Stetson University Symphony Orchestra in the Jan. 17 post “Cultural Calendar Jan. 13-20.”
• Slate cited Law professor James Fox in the Jan. 18 story “Phony Originalism Could Cost Florida Women Their Abortion Rights.”
• HappeningNext featured Stetson Law in the Jan. 17 post “Unlock the Art of Human Connection: A Workshop for the Digital Age.”
Alumni
• Sportskeeda featured Law alumnus Rich McKay in the Jan. 17 story “Who is Rich McKay? Mike Florio names biggest impediment to Falcons landing former 28-3 coach.”
• Homes and Interiors Scotland profiled alumna Simone Seales in the Jan. 15 story “New Scots: Simone Seales, intersectional cellist and educator.”
• Binghamton Homepage, Everything Lubbock and more than 160 other media outlets profiled Law alumnus Matthew Kochinski in the Jan. 11 story “Matthew Kochinski Joins Johnson Pope’s Litigation Team.”
• HappeningNext featured alumna Renee Lammers in the Jan. 12 post “Gouache Painting with Artist Renee Lammers.”
• The Tallahassee Democrat featured Law alumna Jessica Yeary in the Jan. 12 story “Tallahassee NAACP’s annual breakfast: Honoring MLK and the young dreamers.”
• AllEvents in Washington cited law alumna Christine Platt in the Jan. 17 post “Chocolate City: Black Authors on Black Stories.”
• Speedway Media, Speedway Digest, WorkingOnMyRedneck, Catchfence and other media outlets featured alumnus Bruce J. Mosley in the Jan. 16 story “Jordan Anderson Racing Bommarito Autosport Adds to Team Ahead of 2024.”
• CityBiz profiled Law alumna Rebecca Doloski in the Jan. 16 story “Marshall Dennehey Attorney Rebecca Doloski Named Secretary of CLM Western Florida Chapter Board.”
• Ballpark Digest featured alumna Lexi Luke in the Jan. 16 story “Personnel news: Québec, Omaha, Washington, Charleston, Biloxi.”
• Positively Osceola featured alumna Erika Booth in the Jan. 16 story “Democrat Tom Keen Edges Out Republican Erika Booth by 590 Votes in Florida House District 35 Special Election.”
