Shavonda Devereaux, PhD

About

Dr. Shavonda Devereaux is a public health scholar, healthcare administrator, and educator with over 18 years of experience in public health policy and practice and executive healthcare leadership. Her professional background includes strategic planning, healthcare operations, policy development, and project management, with a focus on advancing population health and organizational effectiveness.

Dr. Devereaux dedicated 26 years of service to the Department of Defense, serving in senior executive leadership roles with responsibility for the health and welfare of military service members, retirees, and surrounding communities. Most recently, Dr. Devereaux served on the executive leadership team of a rural healthcare facility in Louisiana, overseeing more than 680 healthcare professionals across 23 clinical departments and managing a $63 million annual operating budget. Under her leadership, the organization was nationally recognized with the 2022 Leapfrog Award as one of the Best Rural Hospitals in the United States and the only honoree in Louisiana during that year.

Dr. Devereaux currently serves as a Lecturer in the Master of Public Health program, where she teaches across multiple core and applied public health courses. She specializes in delivering high-quality instruction in Environmental Health, Health Policy and Law, Healthcare Administration and Reform, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Leadership Ethics, Program Planning and Evaluation, and Applied Practice Experience. Her teaching emphasizes inclusive, student-centered learning, applied practice, and real-world problem solving.