Name: Allison Thigpen

Title of Program: Public Health Policy

E-mail Address:  athigpen@utk.edu

Hometown: Knoxville, TN

Year:  Sophomore

Anticipated Graduation Date: May 2010

Description of Program:  To study and compare the health systems in America and other countries.

Departmental Emphases:  Political Science, Economics, Public Health, and Philosophy

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Michael Fitzgerald, political science

Plans after graduation (career, graduate/professional school, etc.):

Pursue a Masters in Public Health and attend Medical School.

Part-time employment; Hobbies; Campus Clubs/Activities:

Resident Assistant in Morrill; Honors Council Secretary; ClinicVols

I also volunteer at a local clinic that offers free medical care to the working unemployed.