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FSU Research Development Partners

What is Research Development (RD)?  In research development, members of the university community assist faculty and students in their research related efforts. 

Not to be confused with what Departmental Representatives or SRA Grants Officers are involved with (assisting with general and agency guidance, as well as submission and administration of grants),  RD expands beyond these areas to equip (workshops and resources), connect (collaborative opportunities), and assist (editing, staffing, etc.), to strengthen research efforts including programs and proposals to make them more competitive for extramural funding from governmental, private and non-profit funding agencies.  

While Florida State University has a central Research Development unit for faculty under the Vice President for Research, there are other offices with professionals throughout the university serving different constituencies and/or providing essential complementary activities that, as a whole, provide comprehensive services to our university. These include faculty and staff in departments, the Graduate School, FSU Libraries, and many others. 

FSU enjoys a productive climate of cooperation and partnership among offices.  Those involved in these efforts appreciate the synergy that emerges from working together.  The FSU RD Partners Group has been established to further this existing synergism by establishing gatherings to share information and ideas to create more and better opportunities to collaborate and strengthen efforts. 

If you are involved with RD-related efforts and would like to join our group or need to find an on-campus RD professional, please contact Beth Hodges to learn more.  If you are a faculty member, student, or staff member looking for RD support, please contact folks from our group!

The next meeting of the group will be in May of 2024. 

View Information From Prior Sessions

Individual contact information for those participating can be found below.

Name, Title Office Email
Grace Adkison, CRC Program Manager Office of Research Development gadkison@fsu.edu
Jen Bartman, Senior Associate Director Center for the Advancement of Teaching jbartman@fsu.edu

Carolyn Bradley, Research Development Coordinator, Arts & Humanities

 Research Development cbradley@fsu.edu
Terra Bradley, Assistant Dean for Research Administration College of Medicine terra.bradley@med.fsu.edu
Mike Campbell, Chief Business and Industry Liaison Business and Industry Liaison, Research mscampbell@fsu.edu
Sonja Carter, Principal Development Strategist Strategy and Recognition, Office of Research sacarter@fsu.edu
Jimmy Cole, Event Planner University Relations jcole@admin.fsu.edu
Emily Leventhal, Director of the Graduate Student Resource Center Graduate Student Resource Center EL24K@fsu.edu
Megan Del Debbio, Marketing Communications Manager Information Technology Service (ITS) mdeldebbio@fsu.edu
Rebecca Dorn, Director Change Leadership Planning, Information Technology Service (ITS) rdorn@admin.fsu.edu
Debra Fadool, Associate Dean Office of Postdoctoral Affairs dfadool@bio.fsu.edu
Craig Filar, Assistant Dean Office of National Fellowships cfilar@admin.fsu.edu
Michael Franklin, Assistant Director FSU Honors Program mdfranklin@fsu.edu
Rachel Goff-Albritton, Assistant Director Research Development r.goffalbritton@fsu.edu
Ellen Granger, Director Office of STEM Teaching Activities
Gillian Gregory, Program Director College of Education
Kathleen Haughney, Assistant Director Research Communications
Beth Hodges, Director Research Development bhodges@fsu.edu
Renaine Julian, Director of STEM Libraries FSU Libraries rjulian@fsu.edu
Laura Kitchens, Grants Analyst College of Social Sciences lkitchens@fsu.edu
April Lovett, Director Academic Health Data Library Programs
FSU Libraries		 april.lovett@fsu.edu
Keith McCall, Assistant Director, Office of the Graduate Fellowships and Awards The Graduate School kmccall2@fsu.edu
Pam Ray, Director Sponsored Research Administration Pray2@fsu.edu
Leslie Richardson, Director Center for the Advancement of Teaching larichardson@fsu.edu
Nicholas Ruhs, Research Data Management Librarian FSU Libraries nruhs@fsu.edu 
Devin Soper, Director, Digital Research & Scholarship FSU Libraries dsoper@fsu.edu
Adrienne Stephenson, Graduate School Office of Graduate Fellowships & Awards, The Graduate School apstephenson@fsu.edu
Camille Thomas, Copyright Resources & Scholarly Communication FSU Libraries cthomas5@fsu.edu
Nicole Viverito, Research Development Coordinator, Health & Life Sciences Research Development nviverito@fsu.edu
Ursula Keller Weiss, Director Network for Clinical Research, Training and Community Engagement ursula.weiss@med.fsu.edu
Peggy Wright-Cleveland, Director Office of Faculty Development and Advancement mwrightcleveland@admin.fsu.edu
Katherine Yaun, Senior Editor Office of Research, College of Education  kyaun@fsu.edu