Dr. Emily Stevens joined the HPX faculty in 2009. She is an active member of the WCSU campus community. Much of her teaching is focused on the core Public Health courses; she has also taught several HPX elective courses, as well as the Fitness for Life general education courses. She is a member of the Pre-Health Advisory Committee on campus. As the Faculty Athletics Representative (2015-2019), she founded the Colonial Ambassador program, pairing faculty and staff from across campus to athletics teams in an effort to help bridge the gap between athletics and academics. She has also served on committees aimed at improving student retention across campus, and she developed several new programs and minors within the HPX Department. Dr. Stevens is a co-author on the Public Health program accreditation self-study reports for the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH).

Dr. Stevens completed her Bachelor of Arts in Individually Designed Major, Exercise Science, at Denison University (2001). She completed her Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy in Health Promotion and Exercise Science, with a concentration in Physical Activity Behavior, at The Ohio State University (2006). Her master’s thesis examined the association between youth sport experiences and physical activity adherence into adulthood. For her dissertation, Dr. Stevens developed and evaluated a theory-based physical activity intervention for high school students living in the Appalachian region of Ohio. Her research interests are in physical activity promotion, including an examination of determinants of physical activity, the development and evaluation of theory-based interventions designed to promote physical activity, and measurement of physical activity behavior. She is an active partner with the Danbury Department of Health to develop and evaluate walking paths within the Danbury community.