The Center for Sustainable Communities Research and Education (SCoRE) is pleased to welcome Paris Stroud as program manager. 

Stroud will work closely with SCoRE staff, students, and external partners to support SCoRE’s programmatic, operational, and partnership activities. In this role, she will help coordinate initiatives, support program operations, and facilitate collaboration across stakeholders. Through this work, she will contribute to SCoRE’s collaborative efforts at the intersection of sustainability, research, education, and community impact. 

Stroud brings experience in program coordination, project management, research, stakeholder engagement, and sustainability across higher education, public health, and community-based settings. Most recently, she served as a Research Fellow with the Center of Excellence on Environmental Health and Sustainability at Morehouse School of Medicine, where she coordinated grant-funded initiatives, supported student projects, developed partnerships across academic and community organizations, and contributed to research and educational programming focused on environmental health and sustainability. 

Her work has included managing student internships, coordinating external partnerships, developing presentations, supporting grant activities, and advancing sustainability-focused research and education. She has also worked in data analysis and quality assurance, bringing an interdisciplinary perspective to program coordination and organizational improvement. 

Stroud earned a Master of Public Health from Morehouse School of Medicine in 2025 and a B.A. in Biology from the University of Kentucky in 2021. She is also a WELL AP, reflecting her interest in the connections between sustainability, the built environment, and human health.