Current Award Recipient

Faculty Champion Award

Joseph “Joe” O’Shea, PhD, Florida State University

Joe O’Shea, Ph.D., serves as associate provost and Dean of Undergraduate Studies at Florida State University. As Dean, Joe leads the university’s nationally recognized student success initiatives, which have lifted graduation rates to the top 10 among public universities. Joe also serves as co-director of the Collaborative Lab for the Advancement of Student Success, co-editor of the Journal of Postsecondary Student Success, and as an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies. A Truman and Rhodes Scholar, he has a Ph.D. in education from the University of Oxford and has authored several articles and books about student success and higher education.