Education

2019 Florida Gulf Coast University, B.S. in Child and Youth Studies
2023 Florida Gulf Coast University, M.A. in Educational Leadership

Career Specialties

As the assistant director of health promotion, Emily Parsons serves as the campus expert in alcohol and other drug (AOD) prevention efforts. She is responsible for wellness education and programming, with a direct focus on planning, implementing, and evaluating theory and evidence-based alcohol, tobacco, cannabis and other drug prevention strategies, policies, programs and services for UTampa students. Additionally, she plans, implements and evaluates the Spartan Connect first-year non-residential cohort-based program and the Vector Solutions population-level prevention program.

Professional and Community Activities

Parsons is a member of the Tampa Alcohol Coalition and the Hillsborough County Anti-Drug Alliance, among other community coalitions related to AOD. On campus, she serves as the chair of CEDARS: Coalition for Enhanced Drug and Alcohol Resources and Study to bring to campus faculty and staff to support AOD prevention efforts. Parsons is also a Certified Peer Educator Trainer.

Honors and Awards

National Association of Student Personnel Administrators: Outstanding Peer Education Program: “Euphoria Exposé”, 2022
Florida Gulf Coast University Beyond The Lines Facilitator, 2022