As a Macon native, I graduated from Central High (Go Chargers!), then left Georgia to attend Western Carolina University, a small college nestled in the mountains of North Carolina. I earned my Bachelor’s in Psychology from Western where I received the best advice I have ever gotten- to transition from Psychology to Social Work. My advisor saw that I didn’t want to just study people, I wanted to “do the work.” So I went to a HUGE school, the University of Southern California, for my MSW. There, I specialized in military trauma and community organization. After a while of working with people and communities, I felt the need to figure out what was causing the massive disadvantages that I was seeing every day. I decided to go back to school….again, for my PhD in Social Psychology, until I finished my dissertation on systemic inequality of marginalized populations.
As a Macon native, I graduated from Central High (Go Chargers!), then left Georgia to attend Western Carolina University, a small college nestled in the mountains of North Carolina. I earned my Bachelor’s in Psychology from Western where I received the best advice I have ever gotten- to transition from Psychology to Social Work. My advisor saw that I didn’t want to just study people, I wanted to “do the work.” So I went to a HUGE school, the University of Southern California, for my MSW. There, I specialized in military trauma and community organization. After a while of working with people and communities, I felt the need to figure out what was causing the massive disadvantages that I was seeing every day. I decided to go back to school….again, for my PhD in Social Psychology, until I finished my dissertation on systemic inequality of marginalized populations.
Dr. Kelisa Underwood believes in the transformative power of leveraging opportunities and overcoming obstacles to pave the way for progress and growth in a changing world.
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