Meghan is a second-year Ph.D student specializing in twentieth century United States history with a specific focus on topics related to neoliberalism, family production, and the state. Her current research primarily deals with questions surrounding U.S. - based commercial surrogacy and 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 is currently a co-organizer of the department’s scholarly working group Bodies and Places, which is overseen by Dr. Conevery Valencius. Meghan’s primary advisor is Dr. Martin Summers, with whom she had the good fortune of working with during her Master’s program. 

In addition to her work in the History Department, Meghan is also a second-year Doctoral Fellow in the Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy along with other Ph.D students from a variety of disciplines. She has assisted with and participated in a number of the Center’s events, as well as contributed to two of its written publications. Over the summer of 2023

Meghan was delighted to both intern with the City of Boston and teach 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