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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. 

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Individual contact information for those participating can be found below.

Name, Title Office Email
Grace Adkison, CRC Program Manager Research Development, Office of Research   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, Office of Research   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, Director of Strategy & Recognition Office of Research   sacarter@fsu.edu
Jimmy Cole, Assistant Vice President University Relations   jcole@admin.fsu.edu
Emily Leventhal, Director of the Graduate Student Resource Center Graduate Student Resource Center   EL24K@fsu.edu
Alexa Lowry, Marketing Coordinator Information Technology Service (ITS)   alowry@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, Office of Research   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, Office of Research  
Beth Hodges, Director Research Development, Office of Research   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, Program Director, Research and Proposal Development Research Development, Office of Research   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
Neelam Bharti, Associate Dean for Research and Learning FSU Libraries   nb23@fsu.edu
Casey McLaughlin, Support Coordinator Research Computing Center   cmclaughlin@fsu.edu
Marcelina Nagales, Manager Scientific Applications Research Computing Center   mnagales@fsu.edu
Yanli Xie, Research Faculty College of Education Office of Research   yx23@fsu.edu
Farrukh S. Alvi, Associate Provost for Innovation, Research & Entrepreneurship in STEM Office of the Provost    
Laney McLean, Director of Strategic Implementations & Project Operations Office of the Provost    
Deborah Gautier, Director for Strategic Initiatives and Innovation Office of the Provost