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![DeWayne Anderson](/news/images/dewayne-anderson-490-327.jpg)
New assistant program director for the Office of Multicultural Affairs hopes to create a safe space for all students on campus
As the new assistant program director for the OMA at USF’s St. Petersburg campus, DeWayne Anderson wants students to have the same college experience he did, where he felt welcomed and supported.
October 8, 2021Campus News
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Governor appoints professor to Florida Historical Commission
Michael Francis, the Hough Family Endowed Chair of Florida Studies at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg campus, was named to the Florida Historical Commission along with four others on September 3. Francis is known for his groundbreaking research and archival work on early Spanish Florida.
September 22, 2021Campus News
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Political science professor wins national award for faculty leadership in civic engagement
Judithanne Scourfield McLauchlan, associate professor of Political Science and founding director of the Center for Civic Engagement, is the 2021 winner of the Barbara Burch Award for Faculty Leadership in Civic Engagement.
June 11, 2021Campus News, Research and Innovation
![Kopytoff spent the past several years doing archival research in Senegal and France on laws, court cases, elections and protests to explore how citizenship evolved.](/news/images/neh_grant_story_small.jpg)
Professor receives National Endowment for Humanities grant for research into citizenship and identity
History Instructor Larissa Kopytoff has received a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant to continue research into the evolving ideas of citizenship and identity in colonial and post-colonial Africa.
May 17, 2021Research and Innovation
![Ray Arsenault giving a talk](/news/images/aresenault-retire-news-sm.jpg)
Decorated Civil Rights historian and campus champion Ray Arsenault to retire
Ray Arsenault compiled a remarkable record as a teacher and historian of civil rights and the South, while playing a vital role in the transformation of the USF campus by the bay.
September 17, 2020Campus News
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Flood awareness survey developed by USF professor finds public minimizes risk of flooding, resulting in low demand for flood insurance
A national survey of flood risk awareness finds that consumers significantly underestimate their risk level of flooding, leading many to forego flood insurance.
August 10, 2020Research and Innovation
![Kemesha Gabbidon](/news/images/gabbidon-k-headshot-brite-490-327.jpg)
From mock doctor to real doctor, Kemesha Gabbidon fights for public health
Kemesha Gabiddon is a real doctor of a different variety. Rather than diagnose patients, she helps prevent the spread of infectious disease as a community health advocate and postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Psychology at USF’s St. Petersburg campus.
August 4, 2020Campus News, Research and Innovation