DeShala McDuffie
DeShala McDuffie
Title of Program
Hometown
Description of Program
My program creates an interdisciplinary program that combines crucial aspects of different departments to maximize my potential as a future doctor in a broken healthcare system. The coursework that I will be taking in the Department of Sociology is specifically focused on Critical Race and Ethnic Studies. This area describes race and ethnicity as a social structure and will provide me with a broader interpretation of a multicultural world regarding furthering social justice and transformative change. Through the Department of Psychology, the courses I will take will spark awareness in the diversity of behaviors and experiences of different individuals and how those phenomena can affect their everyday lives. Public Health provides the effort to promote optimal health for all communities and positively influence public policy to favor everyone. Africana studies will introduce and provide exposure to a higher critical understanding of African Americans’ experience in America within all of its dimensions.
The combination of these programs will provide me with a strong foundation in the social sciences along with the natural sciences to help me embody a well-rounded physician in the future.
Departmental Emphases
PPlans After Graduation (career, graduate/professional school, etc.)
Other Academic Interests
Prior Enrollment at Other Colleges or Universities
Study Abroad
Dublin, Ireland, or Chile
Research Experience or Internships
Volunteer at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, East Knox Nurse Volunteer
Part-time Employment; Hobbies; Campus Clubs/Activities
Haslam Scholars Program, Student Senate, and UT Ambassadors