Views From the Field

Sean Fearns and Richard Lucey, Jr. serve as chief and senior prevention program manager, respectively, of DEA’s Community Outreach and Prevention Support Section. In this month's article, they preview the sessions at NASPA’s 2025 Strategies Conference where DEA will have a presence.

Ahmed Hosni is Assistant Director of the Student Life Student Wellness Center at The Ohio State University, and Director of Recovery at the Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Drug Misuse Prevention and Recovery. In this month's article, he explains how Collegiate Recovery Programs are changing to accommodate students on different pathways to recovery from drug use and misuse.

Amelia Parnell currently serves as President of NASPA – Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education and is an accomplished higher education executive and an internationally recognized thought leader regarding current issues and emerging trends in the field. In this month's article, she discusses how prevention professionals can bolster student well-being via ensuring access to resources, implementing a cycle of feedback, and more.

Faith DeNardo, Ph.D., CHES serves as current Chair and ACHA Liaison to the Coalition of Higher Education Associations for Substance Misuse Prevention, and Director of the Office of Health and Wellness and Deputy Title IX Coordinator at Bowling Green State University. In this month's article, she covers the history of CoHEASAP and how prevention professionals can get involved.

Rich Lucey is a senior prevention program manager in the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Community Outreach and Prevention Support Section. In this month's article, he commemorates Campus Drug Prevention's 7th anniversary by highlighting its major resources to date, what is on the horizon for the website, how to provide input on the website's content and features, and more.

Jennifer Jacobsen, MA, MPH is the Executive Director of Health & Wellness at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. In this month's article, she shares concrete steps faculty can take to support student well-being, as well as tips on how prevention professionals can make the effort interactive and immersive for all parties.

Susie Bruce, M.Ed., is Director of the University of Virginia’s Gordie Center, which works to end hazing and substance misuse among college and high school students nationwide through evidence-informed, student-tested resources. In this article, repurposed for Alcohol Awareness Month, she highlights hazing statistics, refutes misconceptions, and provides prevention professionals with a roadmap for how to incorporate awareness of the practice into prevention programs.

Dr. Eric Davidson currently serves as Executive Director for Health and Counseling Services at Eastern Illinois University. In this month's article, he outlines the characteristics of a thorough and rigorous biennial review of campus substance misuse prevention programs, as well as the advantages of conducting one.

Dr. Allison M. Smith serves as the Assistant Commissioner for Student Health and Wellness for the Louisiana Board of Regents. For Black History Month's article, she discusses why Black students at HBCUs tend to use substances less.

Sean Fearns is the Chief and Rich Lucey is the Senior Prevention Program Manager in DEA's Community Outreach and Prevention Support Section. In this month's article, Sean and Rich provide an overview of sessions at the NASPA Strategies Conference (January 17-20) where you can interact with DEA staff and/or see their resources.