Biography
Dr. Erin Largo-Wight is a Professor of Public Health and the Director of the Institute of Environmental Research and Education (IERE)’s at the University of North Florida. Her professional interests involve environmental health promotion (solutions to environmental health issues). Her work is primarily focused on nature contact and well-being. She explores the impact of nature exposures and interventions in schools, workplaces, clinical sites, and other settings. Her second line of research is focused on?facilitating environmental health behavior change. She studies the determinants and/or the promotion of environmental health behaviors such as reducing single use plastic consumption, recycling, active commuting, and others. In addition to sharing her findings with the academic community through scientific journals and conferences, she strives to share her work and connect with parents, teachers, community leaders, and the public more broadly through community boards, public presentations, and media outlets and interviews.
Erin Largo-Wight, PhD also works closely with the Hicks Honors College and works to promote interdisciplinary and community-engaged teaching, learning, and research at UNF.
Degrees
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PhD, Health Behavior
University of Florida ▪ 2007
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MS, Health Promotion
University of Delaware ▪ 2003
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BS, Elementary Education
University of South Florida ▪ 2000