Sociology Faculty
Lori Brown, associate professor of sociology, joined the Meredith College community in 1992. Brown was eager to participate in a program with a strong emphasis on teaching. Completing her degrees across the country (all in Sociology). Dr. Brown earned a B.S. at the University of Louisville, an M.A. at Temple University in Philadelphia, and her Ph.D. at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. Her interests in the field of Sociology are reflected in the courses she teaches regularly:Population Dynamics, Human Sexuality, Sociology of Education and Race and Ethic Relations. Brown is currently a member of the Context of Culture teaching circle, which is one of the new general education core courses required for all freshmen. Dr. Brown spends her free time with her two daughters, Mada and Jenn, reading mysteries or attending Meredith College basketball games. Go Angels!
Degrees Held:
B.S. in Sociology, University of Louisville
M.A. in Sociology, Temple University
Ph.D. in Sociology, Indiana University
Contact Information:
Associate Professor of Sociology & Coordinator of Sociology
(919)760-8590
310 Ledford Hall
brownlo@meredith.edu
Maria Febbo-Hunt, assistant professor of sociology, began teaching at Meredith in August 2007. She is a long time resident of the Triangle area and previously taught at Meredith in an adjunct position while attending North Carolina State University. Dr. Febbo-Hunt's areas of interest are deviance and social control, criminology, sex and gender, and sociology of education. Her dissertation, "The Other Side of the Track: Curriculum Tracking and the Pathway to Delinquency", reflects the intersection of such interests. She has worked as a researcher for state and county-level agencies, but it is her love of teaching that brought her back to academia in 2005. She is very pleased to be rejoining the Meredith community!
Degrees Held:
B.A. in Sociology, University of Texas at Dallas
M.S. in Sociology, North Carolina State University
Ph.D. in Sociology, North Carolina State University
Courses taught: Criminology, Research Methods for Social Work, Populations at Risk, Corrections, Readings in Juvenile Delinquency, and CORE 100
Contact Information:
Assistant Professor of Sociology
(919) 760-8794
308 Ledford Hall
Amie Hess, Instructor of Sociology, spent much of her adult life working with young women in a variety of capacitie
within the field of teen 
pregnancy prevention. Her academic concentrations grow directly out of these experiences. Amie’s
teaching interests are in gender, theory, media, social problems, family and adolescence. Her dissertation examines the implementation of abstinence-only sex education. She spent two years working in abstinence programs in New York City
tracing the explicit and implicit messages that these programs send to young people about gender and sexuality. Amie completed her graduate studies at New York University, and will defend her dissertation in the fall. She is excited to be at Meredith College surrounded by dynamic young women.
Degrees held:
B.A. in Sociology and Communication Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
M.A. in Sociology, New York University
Courses Taught: Media, Self and Society, Social Theory, and Social Problems
Contact Information:
Instructor in Sociology
(919) 760-8016
309 Ledford Hall
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Mary Moffitt
Departmental Assistant
(919)760-8438
309 Ledford
mmoffitt@meredith.edu
