Deborah Tippett, professor and head of the Department of Human Environmental Sciences, has been on the Meredith faculty since 1987.

Tippett is the co-author of Teen Life: Living, Learning, and Caring, which was just released in the sixth edition.  She has made presentations to groups in Colorado, Florida, Indiana, New Jersey, Washington, Wisconsin, West Virginia and North Carolina. She is a national officer with Kappa Omicron Nu Honor Society and has been a national officer with the Council of Administrators in Family and Consumer Sciences, the Family and Consumer Sciences Education Association and a past governing board member of NC-Association for the Education of Young Children. 

Tippett has received awards such as Regional Teacher of the Year and the Meredith College President’s Award for Excellence. In the spring of 1998, she was awarded the Excellence in Teaching Award at Meredith College, which is an award nominated by the students of the college.

Degrees Held: B.S., M.S. and Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Courses Taught:Marriage and Family Relationships, Global Questions: Needs of Families, and Methods of Teaching Family and Consumer Sciences

Research Interests: Early adolescent development, textbook censorship and global families.

Contact: Dr. Deborah Tippett, department head, at (919) 760-8395 Martin 205, (919) 760-8325, tippettd@meredith.edu

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Jody Roubanis, assistant professor of human environmental sciences, has been on the Meredith faculty since 1997 . 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 Family and Consumer Sciences grade 7-12. Roubanis was born in Orange County, Calif., and following a move to Virginia she taught at the secondary level, managing the statewide Vocational Student Organization for Work and Family Studies for the Commonwealth of Virginia. She developed a model for teaching ethics in the FCS class that has received state and national recognition.

Degrees Held: B.S., California State University at Long Beach; M.Ed., Ed.D., North Carolina State University.

Courses Taught:Family Resource Management, Professional Symposium, Contemporary Leadership, Teaching Methods in FCS praticum, Global Questions: Needs of Families, Family & Consumer Sciences and Foods & Nutrition, Professional Orientation to Business and Community Services, Principles of Foods, Family and Consumer Sciences Education, Professional Perspectives in Family and Consumer Sciences, Foundations in Family and Consumer Sciences, Institutional Foods, Equipment, Foodservice Administration, Catering, Research Methods in Nutrition.

Research Interests: Ethical leadership, consumerism, multiple ethical perspectives model for Family and Consumer Sciences and sustainable development.

Contact: Dr. Jody Roubanis, Assistant Professor of Human Environmental Sciences and program coordinator,

at (919) 760-2897 Martin 216, roubanis@meredith.edu