Meghan is a PhD student in the Department of Arts Administration, Education and Policy at The Ohio State University, specializing in Art Education and Museum Education and Administration. Her research interests include critical pedagogies, learning across formal and informal educational settings, and the ways educators and learners navigate power, contradiction, and possibility within educational and cultural institutions.

Meghan serves as Arts Learning Projects Director at the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, where she supports arts education leaders across state and jurisdictional arts agencies in collaboration with the National Endowment for the Arts. She also oversees NASAA’s creative aging work, supporting state arts agencies in advancing arts and aging initiatives. Meghan spent five years at the Georgia Department of Education, where she oversaw the state’s STEAM certification program and developed a statewide community arts network to support arts integration in schools. She has also worked at the High Museum of Art, developing and facilitating learning experiences for K–12 students, teachers, and adult and older adult audiences. Her broader experience includes K–12 and higher education teaching, teaching artistry, community arts practice, and arts education consulting.

Research Interests: 

• K-12 and museum partnerships
• Creative aging 
• Pre-service teacher learning in art museums 
• Systems thinking and cross-sector collaborations