An interior design degree prepares students for a wide array of potential careers as well as graduate study. Recent graduates are engaged in a range of professional and academic pursuits, including:

Careers

  • Project Coordinator, Storr Office Environments, Raleigh, NC 
  • Space Management Specialist, Dept. of Defense, Belvoir, VA 
  • Program Manager, DOT  Construction Inc., Beaufort, NC
  • Design & Plan Review Consultant, Intercontinental Hotels Group, Atlanta, GA
  • Architecture & Design Consultant, American Office, Richmond, VA
  • Interior Designer/Specifier, SPUR  Design, LLC, Oklahoma City, OK 
  • Interior Designer, Jdavis Architects, Raleigh, NC
  • Design Consultant, Jerrnigan Furniture, Goldsboro, NC
  • Interior Designer, ai Design Group, Charlotte, NC
  • Interior Desinger, Teal Interior Design, Raleigh, NC
  • Interior Designer, Southern Studios, Apex, NC
  • Interior Designer, Model Home Interiors, Durham, NC
  • Designer, bldg., Ltd., Washington, DC
  • Interior Designer, JMC Business System Inc., Springfield, VA
  • Estimator/Designer, Tile & Terrazzo, LLC, Suffolk, VA
  • Showroom Manager, Alfred Williams & Co., Raleigh, NC
  • Interior Design, Jacobs, Raleigh, NC
  • Interior Designer, Cline Design Associates, Raleigh, NC
  • Selections Coordinator, Savvy Homes, Raleigh, NC
  • Interior Designer, Kitchen & Bath Gallery, Raleigh, NC 

 

Graduate Programs

  • M.S. in Interior Design, Pratt Institute
  • Master of Historic Preservation, University of Pennsylvania
  • M.S. in Interior Design, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
  • M.S. in Interior Design, Marymount University
  • Ph.D. in Architecture, Texas A&M University

Contact Information
Laura Prestwood
Professor, Interior Design; Program Coordinator, Interior Design, Human Environmental Sciences
230 Martin Hall
(919) 760-8310
leprestwood@meredith.edu
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