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Sunday, September 21, 2025

Zoey Thomas

Engagement Managing Editor

Zoey is the Fall 2025 engagement managing editor of The Alligator. She has previously served as data editor and reported on the university, metro and enterprise desks. Over the summer, she interned for the Orlando Sentinel. Zoey inherited her mom's love of strong coffee and her dad's love of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."


ENTERPRISE  |  HEALTH

Florida students at low risk for seasonal depression — but still get “winter blues”

Seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, is a type of depression that reoccurs in a pattern about four months out of the year — often during the winter. SAD doesn’t occur often among Floridians, with people from Alaska or New England more likely to develop the disorder. But many Floridians still suffer from a less extreme version: the “winter blues” or “holiday blues.”

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