Megan is a scholar, educator, and advocate. Currently pursuing her doctorate in Communication, Rhetoric & Digital Media, Megan's research interests focus on the experiences of sexual assault survivors. A survivor herself, she began advocating for greater awareness and understanding of sexual assault in 2018. She is a member of RAINN's Speakers Bureau and a Sexual Assault Response Advocate at InterAct of Wake County in Raleigh, NC where she currently resides.
Paper Presentation, “Just Revenge: A Feminist Rhetorical Critique of Interpersonal Violence Narratives in Country Music,” Rhetoric Society of America Biennial Conference, Denver, CO, May 2024.
Paper Presentation, "The Visual (Mis)Representation of Sexual Assault Survivors," National Communication Association Convention, New Orleans, LA, November 2022.
Poster Presentation, "Faces of an Anti-Sexual Violence Organization: A Visual Content Analysis," Graduate Research Symposium, North Carolina State University, April 2022.
Presentation, "A Face of a Survivor," Equity Research Symposium, North Carolina State University, February 2022.
Invited Lecture, "Preventing Sexual Assault and Eliminating Rape Culture," Incoming Freshman Orientation, Texas A&M University-Texarkana, August 2019.
Lecture and Discussion, "Rape Culture in Our Culture," Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention, Texas A&M University-Texarkana, April 2019.