Bio & Expertise
Ms. Emily Harris is an alum of UWF and holds bachelor's and master's degrees in environmental sciences. Since being a student, she has been an active member of the Argo community academically, in research, and in service.
Since 2019, Ms. Harris has been the Programs Specialist for UWF's Office of Undergraduate Research. Before 2019 and while an OUR Graduate Assistant, Ms. Harris supported the GeoScholars program with Drs. Allison and Matt Schwartz assess any change in a student's intellectual merit and professional impacts based on their participation in a collaborative research project between geoscience and other STEM students and faculty mentors. Since 2019, Ms. Harris has continued with OUR and oversees the OUR Explorers Program, OUR Works! Program and Transcript Notations awards. She also co-manages the OUR Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) and ensures the successful implementation of the annual UWF Student Scholars Symposium and Faculty Research Showcase. Finally, Ms. Harris supports the office's daily and overall operations.
Ms. Harris has taught general education courses since 2019, specifically the Introduction to Environmental Sciences and Introduction to Earth Sciences courses. In the Earth Sciences course, Ms. Harris incorporated an undergraduate research experience within her class as part of her acceptance into the inaugural OUR CURE Fellows program. Furthermore, based on her development of a course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) in the Introduction to Earth Sciences courses, both the online and face-to-face sections were awarded a High-Impact Practice (HIP) designation for the spring 2024 to spring 2027 semester.
In the Introduction to Environmental Sciences courses, students are now using the adapted open educational resources (OER) textbook authored and published in 2023 by Ms. Emily Harris, titled Introduction to Environmental Sciences and Sustainability.
Published works:
- Harris, E. P. (2023). Introduction to Environmental Sciences and Sustainability (1st ed.). UWF Pressbooks. https://pressbooks.uwf.edu/envrioscience/
- Harris, E., Schmutz, P. P., Jackson, C. A., Anaya, M., Johnson, M., & Chapman, G. (2020). Beach User Perception of the Economic and Ecological Services of Sand Dunes at Pensacola Beach, Florida. Southeastern Geographer, 60(4), 309-331. Retrieved from https://www.jstor.org/stable/26977437
- Harris, E. P. (2019). A Climatology of Single-Day Rapid Drought Cessation Events in the Southwestern United States. University of West Florida. doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.10917.35046
Ms. Harris was awarded the UWF faculty adjunct instructor award in the spring of 2023.
Ms. Harris is also the Treasurer of the Northwest Chapter of the Florida Association of Environmental Professionals.