Faculty / Women’s Topics Experts
As a women’s college, Meredith College places special emphasis on topics relating to women. Meredith faculty have expertise in a variety of subject areas including business, communication, culture, politics, and more.
![Lori Brown](https://staging.meredith.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/lori_brown-1.jpg)
Professor of Sociology & Criminology | Faculty Advisor, Criminal Justice MA Program
Expertise in:
Criminology, Sociology, Teaches gender courses in sociology, Women and Crime, Human Sexuality, Population Dynamics, recent research in the public perceptions of women as police officers and police chiefs
![Angela Robbins wearing a black shirt](https://staging.meredith.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/angela_robbins-1.jpg)
Chair, Department of History, Political Science, and International Studies; Associate Professor of History
Expertise in:
Modern U.S. history, southern U.S. history, immigration history, and women’s voting, legal, and social movements history.
![Anne York](https://staging.meredith.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/AnneYork_headshot-3.jpg)
Program Director and Professor, Economics
Expertise in:
Economic issues, gender issues related to the economy, gender wage gap, women’s role in corporate governance
![Betty Shannon-Prevatt wearing a black shirt with maroon blazer.](https://staging.meredith.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/betty_shannon_prevatt2.jpg)
Associate Professor, Psychology
Expertise in:
Clinical psychology, women’s health, and women’s mental health, including perinatal and reproductive mental health
![David McLennan](https://staging.meredith.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/david_mclennan_2020.jpg)
Professor of Political Science; Director of the Meredith Poll
Expertise in:
Political campaigns (presidential, US Senate, gubernatorial. etc.), Political debates, Polling, Media coverage of politics, Women in politics, Political advertising. Primary author of Meredith’s report on the Status of Women in Politics, Meredith Poll Director.
![Gwynn Morris](https://staging.meredith.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/gwynn_morris.jpg)
Professor of Psychology; Department Chair for Psychology & Social Work
Expertise in:
Developmental psychology, child development, and parenting
![Jennifer Burgess posing in front of brick wall](https://staging.meredith.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/jennifer_burgess_19.jpg)
Assistant Professor of English
Expertise in:
Women in business, technical writing in the 20th century
![Kris Macomber](https://staging.meredith.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/kris_macomber.jpg)
Adjunct, Sociology & Criminology
Expertise in:
Sociology, criminology. Her research is focused on issues of women and gender.
![Maria Pickering](https://staging.meredith.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/maria_pickering.jpg)
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
Expertise in:
Biology, STEM, women in STEM
![Pamela Norcross](https://staging.meredith.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/pamela_norcross.jpg)
Associate Professor, Human & Environmental Sciences & Child Development Coordinator
Expertise in:
Child Development, Expert in postpartum depression and maternal depression, parenting, and Child Life: children and families in healthcare
![Teresa Holder](https://staging.meredith.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/TeresaHolder.jpg)
Head, Department of Communication; Professor of Communication
Expertise in:
Communication theory, public relations, presentation, personal branding, research on women in nontraditional careers.
![Whitney Manzo](https://staging.meredith.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/whitney_manzo.jpg)
Associate Professor of Political Science; Pre-Law Advisor; Accelerated Law Degree Program Coordinator
Expertise in:
Women in government, women in North Carolina government, women in higher education, election laws, and issues related to representation of women and racial/ethnic minorities.