Biography

Meagan earned a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics-Physics from the University of Connecticut in 2019. There, she conducted research operationalizing the construct of Intellectual Humility in physics education research. Meagan is currently a PhD candidate at Cornell University working with Dr. Natasha Holmes. Her primary research project uses social network analysis to understand undergraduate physics students' interactions with their peers and recognition of their strong peers. She has also conducted qualitative research related to student epistemic framing, the ways in which students expect to construct knowledge, in non-traditional physics labs. Meagan is also now working part-time as a postdoctoral researcher at Drexel University with Dr. Eric Brewe and Dr. Adrienne Traxler. At Drexel, Meagan's research focuses on using both social network analysis and classroom observations to better characterize active learning pedagogies used to teach undergraduate physics.

Education

M. S., Physics, Cornell University (2022)

NSF Graduate Research Fellow

B. S., Mathematics-Physics, University of Connecticut (2019)

Summa Cum Laude, Honors Scholar, University Scholar