University of Michigan
University of Wisconsin-Madison
University of Michigan, Gerald R. Ford Fellowship, 2017-2018
University of Michigan, Boyd/Williams Dissertation Grant for Research on Women and Work, 2017
University of Michigan, Graduate Student Research Grant, 2015
University of Michigan, Summer Research Partnership, 2014
University of Michigan, Summer Collaboration Award, 2013
University of Michigan, Ph.D. Fellowship, 2012-2013
University of Wisconsin, Graduated with distinction, 2005
University of Wisconsin, Dean’s List, 2001-2005
University of Michigan, Office of Research, $15,000 for Detroit Summer Youth Employment Longitudinal Study, with Trina Shanks, Ph.D., as PI.
Meehan, P., and Shames, S. (under review). The instrumental office: Making a difference through elected office. Submitted to Political Behavior on July 13, 2017.
Meehan, P. (under review). What difference does it make? Social workers’ ambivalence toward elected office. Submitted to Journal of Policy Practice on May 24, 2017.
Meehan, P. (under review). It’s a dirty job, but someone’s got to do it: Social workers and running for office. Submitted Journal of Social Work on May 16, 2017.
Meehan, P. (in press). “I think I can…maybe I can…I can’t”: Social work women and local elected office. Social Work.
Suskind, D., Leffel, K., Hernandez, M., Sapolich, S., Suskind, E., Kirkham, E., & Meehan, P. (2013). An exploratory study of “quantitative linguistic feedback”: Effect of LENA feedback on adult language production. Communication Disorders Quarterly, 20(10), 1-11.
Dworsky, A., & Meehan, P. (2012). The parenting experiences of homeless adolescent mothers and mothers-to-be: Perspectives from a shelter sample. Children and Youth Services Review, 34, 2117-2122.
Robinson, C., Shanks, T., & Meehan, P. (2017). Hallmarks of effective youth employment programs across the United States: Implications for Detroit. Report developed for the Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation.
Shanks, T., & Meehan, P. (2014). Detroit Summer Youth Employment Program: Results Of 2013 Youth Employee Exit Surveys. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan School of Social Work Technical Assistance Center.
Baker, S., Rich, L., Wojnarowski, M., & Meehan, P. (2013). Implementing successful school-based health centers: Lessons from the Chicago Elev8 initiative. Chapin Hall Discussion Paper. Available at http://www.chapinhall.org/research/report/implementing-successful-school-based-health-centers-lessons-chicago-elev8-initiative.
Shanks, T., McGee, K., & Meehan, P. (2010). Detroit Summer Youth Employment Program: Results of Employer and Youth Employee Exit Surveys. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan School of Social Work Technical Assistance Center.
Meehan, P. (2010) Evaluation of Early Head Start: Income, education, and cognitive development of children prior to age three. Michigan Journal of Social Work and Social Welfare, 1(1), 34-44.
Educating for inexperience: The political process in the social work classroom.
Meehan, P. (July 2017). “I think I can…maybe I can…I can’t”: Women and elected office in the age of Trump. Presentation to the Seminar Slam! at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
Meehan, P., & Shames, S. (April 2017). The instrumental office: Making a difference through elected office. Paper presentation at the Urban Affairs Association Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN.
Meehan, P., & Shames, S. (April 2017). The instrumental office: Making a difference through elected office. Paper presentation at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
Meehan, P., & Shames, S. (November 2016). The instrumental office: Making a difference through elected office. Poster presentation at the Toronto Political Behavior Workshop, Toronto, ON.
Dunkle, R., Feld, S., Shen, H.W., Kim, M.H., Meehan, P. (November, 2014). The effects of spousal caregiving on caregiver depression. Poster presentation at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting, Orlando, FL.
Kalil, A., Leininger, L., & Meehan, P. (November, 2013). Expenditures on children during the Great Recession. Paper presentation at the Annual Fall Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management, Washington, D.C.
Suskind, D., Leininger, L., Suskind, E., Leffel, K., Sapolich, S., & Meehan, P. (October, 2012). A randomized controlled pilot of a novel parent-directed language intervention in children of low SES: The Thirty Million Words Project. Poster presentation at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, LA.
Walker, L., Daro, D., Jarpe-Ratner, E., & Meehan, P. (August, 2012). Building a base of evidence for a promising school-based nutrition education program that fits the new SNAP-Ed guidance. Paper presentation to the National Association for Welfare Research and Statistics, Baltimore, MD.
Daro, D. Jarpe-Ratner, E., Meehan, P., & Walker, L. (March, 2012). Contributing to program development through evaluation. Brown Bag presentation to Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago.
Gant, L.M., Shanks, T., Williams, G., & Meehan, P. (October, 2011). Working with MSW interns and community partners to improve youth outcomes through a comprehensive community initiative. Panel presentation at the Council on Social Work Education Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Principal Investigator, University of Michigan, Michigan Law & Social Work Study, 2017
Principal Investigator, University of Michigan, Candidate and Delegate Project, 2015 to present
Research Assistant, University of Michigan, Detroit Summer Youth Employment Program Evaluation, 2012-present
Research Assistant, University of Michigan, Health and Retirement Study, 2013-2014
Research Assistant, William Davidson Institute, Base of Pyramid and Latin America, 2013
Project Associate, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago
Instructor, University of Michigan, School of Social Work, 2017
Instructor, University of Michigan, School of Social Work, 2016
Instructor, University of Michigan, Department of Political Science, 2016
Guest Lecturer, University of Michigan, School of Social Work, 2016
Graduate Student Instructor, University of Michigan, Department of Political Science, 2014-2015
Co-Chair, Interdisciplinary Workshop on American Politics, University of Michigan, 2015-2016
Admissions Committee, University of Michigan Department of Political Science, 2015-2016
Doctoral Committee, University of Michigan School of Social Work, 2015-2017
Reviewer, Children and Youth Services Review, 2013
Secretary, Doctoral Student Organization, University of Michigan School of Social Work, 2013-2013
Youth Program Manager, Catholic Charities of Tompkins/Tioga, Waverly, NY, 2007-2009
Community Organizer, Binghamton Neighborhood Assemblies Project, Binghamton, NY, 2007
Transition Program Coordinator, Phoenix School of Roseburg, Roseburg, OR, 2006-2007