Department of Sociology

Dr. Amy Dellinger Page joined the faculty of Appalachian State in 2004. During her tenure, she has served as Undergraduate Programs Director, Internship Supervisor, and Department Chair. She was a member of the inaugural Interpersonal Violence Task Force, and later served as a member and co-chair of the Interpersonal Violence Council. Her research interests involve attitudes about women and rape, pornography and its role in promoting rape culture, prevention programming related to interpersonal violence, sex offender policy, and toxic masculinity and its relationship to violence. For the past five years, she expanded her research interests by studying end-of-life doulas (EOLDs). She has been an invited speaker for Chalk Talks, the NC Governor’s Advisory Council on Aging, and the End-of-Life Doula International Research Group Symposium. She is currently conducting research assessing the experiences of dying persons and their circles of care with utilizing EOLDs.

In March 2020, she became Executive Director of Appalachian Senior Programs, which houses two federally-funded AmeriCorps Seniors programs that assist children and the local senior population; the Foster Grandparent and the Senior Companion programs. The goal of these programs is to enhance the social-emotional and academic skills of children who need one-on-one assistance, and provide companionship and assistance for older adults who do not qualify for other services and wish to remain independent in their homes. Appalachian Senior Programs serves five rural counties (Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Watauga, and Wilkes) in the mountains of western North Carolina.

Dr. Page works with OASIS, the local domestic violence and sexual assault crisis center on sexual assault prevention programming with alcohol-serving establishments and faith-based communities as well as with the Office of Access and Equity at Appalachian State on Title IX and sex-based misconduct cases. She serves as Vice Chair of the Board of the Women’s Fund of the Blue Ridge and serves on the Grants Committee for the organization as well.

She is a recipient of the College of Arts and Sciences Jimmy Smith Outstanding Service Award (2013), the W.H. Plemmons Leadership Medallion (2015-2016), and the College of Arts and Sciences Excellence in Engagement Award (2021).

Courses Taught

• SOC 1000: The Sociological Perspective 
• SOC 1100: Social Problems in American Society
• SOC 2001: Sociological Pathways
• SOC 2020: Social Deviance
• SOC 3370: Sexual Violence
• SOC 3530  Death and Dying
• SOC 4250: Constructing Bodies and Sexualities

Research Interests

• Interpersonal Violence
• End-of-Life Doulas
• Sexual Violence Policy
• Pornography

Recent Publications

Page, Amy Dellinger, Jonelle H. Husain, and Jack H. Glascock. 2024. “Demystifying Death: Reflections on End-of-Life Doula Work.” OMEGA: Journal of Death and Dying.  https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228241305479.

 Galphin, Elisabeth Grace, Adam Hege, and Amy Dellinger Page.  2024. “Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Intimate Partner Violence and Child Maltreatment Services in Rural Northwest North Carolina.”  Journal of Appalachian Health 6 (3), 87-92.

Schwartz, Tatum A. and Amy Dellinger Page. 2023. “The Body in Space: Trauma-Informed Frameworks for Dance in Non-Clinical Settings.” Journal of Dance Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/15290824.2023.2183503.

Page, Amy Dellinger and Jonelle H. Husain. 2023. “End-of-Life Doulas: Documenting their Backgrounds and Services.” Omega: Journal of Death and Dying 88(2), 505-524. Published online 2021.

Page, Amy Dellinger, Jonelle H. Husain, and Ashely M. Kvanvig. 2022. “Dying a ‘Good’ Death: The Work, Care, and Support of End-of-Life Doulas.” Omega: Journal of Death and Dying. (https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228221145798).

Media Appearances

Invited Featured Guest with Jonelle Husain for AppTV’s Religion in Life.  Season 13, Episode 7. April 29, 2021. https://youtu.be/q59WJdqNLPA

Invited Featured Guest with Jonelle Husain for AppTV’s Religion in Life. Season 13, Episode 6.  April 9, 2021. https://youtu.be/5Z52BCmpeZQ

Invited Featured Panelist for National Public Radio’s 1A.  “Boys to Men: Masculinity and the Next Mass Shooting”.  February 28, 2018. https://the1a.org/audio/#/shows/2018-02-28/boys-to-men-how-masculinity-is-made/113680/@00:00