Faculty
Dr. William Landis, PhD, RD, LD
222 Martin Hall
(919)760-2355
landisb@meredith.edu
Bill Landis graduated with a BS from Guilford College, and received his MS and PhD in Foods and Nutrition from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He was a faculty member at Ball State University in Indiana before coming to Meredith College in 1996. Dr. Landis is the program coordinator for the Foods and Nutrition program, and is the director of the MS program in Nutrition. His interests and research background includes local and organic foods, sustainable diets and methods of food production, vegetarianism, and sports nutrition. He also coordinates the campus organic garden.
Dr. Susan Fisher, PhD, RD, LD
224 Martin Hall
(919)760-8079
fishers@meredith.edu
Susan Fisher, an Assistant Professor, teaches in both the Foods and Nutrition undergraduate and Masters in Nutrition programs. She attended Tulane University and Florida State University and received her doctorate from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. In addition to nutrition, she is interested in health, wellness, and policy issues for older adults.
Dr. Ronni Lee Bowen Westbrook, Ph.D.
214 Martin Hall
(919) 760-8157
RLBWestbrook@meredith.edu
Dr. Ronni Westbrook comes to Meredith College via New York where she earned a B.F.A. from New York University, a M.S. in Nutrition Education from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. in Community Nutrition from Cornell University. Prior to joining Meredith, Dr. Westbrook completed a postdoctoral fellowship as a W.K. Kellogg Community Health Scholar in the School of Public Health at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her teaching and research interests include: sociocultural and environmental influences on food choices; adolescent health and nutrition; healing properties of foods; and qualitative and participatory research methodologies.
Dr. Jody Roubanis, EdD
216 Martin Hall
(919)760-2897
roubanis@meredith.edu
Jody Roubanis, Assistant Professor, teaches in both the Foods and Nutrition undergraduate and Masters in Nutrition programs. Born in Orange County, California, she holds a Bachelor of Science in Dietetics and Food Administration from California State University at Long Beach and is certified to teach general science and home economics at the secondary level in California. After relocating to Virginia, where she taught at the secondary level, she managed the statewide Vocational Student Organization for Work and Family Studies for the Commonwealth of Virginia. Dr. Roubanis earned her Doctor of Education in Occupational Education at North Carolina State University. Her research foci have been women and leadership, foodservice management, and family and consumer sciences teacher retention.
Cathy Ostrowski, MS, RD
132 Martin
(919)760-8419
ostrowsk@meredith.edu
Cathy Ostrowski is an Adjunct Professor in both the Foods and Nutrition undergraduate and Dietetic Internship programs and is the Director of the Dietetic Internship program. She holds a BS and an MS in Dietetics from D'Youville College in New York. In addition to teaching at Meredith, she owns a nutrition counseling and corporate consulting firm.
