Meghan is a fourth-year PhD candidate specializing in twentieth century United States history with a specific focus on neoliberalism, reproduction and the family, and the state. Her current research primarily deals with questions surrounding transnational commercial surrogacy as well as race, pregnancy and maternity, and state violence more broadly. Meghan has worked alongside a number of BC faculty members and was a co-organizer for the department’s scholarly working group Bodies and Places, which is overseen by Dr. Conevery Valencius. Meghan’s primary advisor is Dr. Martin Summers.

In addition to her work in the History Department, Meghan was also a Doctoral Fellow in the Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy from August 2022-May 2024 along with other PhD students from a variety of disciplines. At the conclusion of her fellowship program she accepted the position of graduate assistant and worked alongside Clough Director Dr. Jonathan Laurence and Postdoctoral Fellow Isaiah Sterrett until May of 2025. Over the summer of 2023 Meghan interned with the City of Boston and has twice taught her own undergraduate history course titled “Modern History II,” which covered World History from the late eighteenth century until the contemporary period.

Meghan earned her Bachelor’s in English from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2018 and her Master’s in History from Boston College in 2022. She is originally from Oak Park, IL, and when she is not reading or writing Meghan enjoys spending time with her partner, watching K-Dramas, and baking as much as possible.

To learn more about Meghan’s academic and professional experiences please visit her LinkedIn page. ORCID ID: 0000-0002-9122-3028