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Curriculum Vitae
MEGAN MEYER
School of Social Work
Louis Kaplan Hall
University of Maryland525 West Redwood St.
Baltimore, MD 21201
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EDUCATION
PhD 1999 University of California, Los Angeles, School of Public Policy and Social
Research, Department of Social Welfare MSW 1995 University of California, Los Angeles,
School of Public Policy and Social Research, Department of Social Welfare, Community
Organization and Administration BA 1989 Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, Psychobiology
1988 Friends World College, Kenya Semester Abroad
TEACHING EXPERIENCE AND AWARDS
2012
2011
2011
2010
2010
2010
2009
2006 present NASW-MD Educator of the Year
Dean s Teaching Award
Board of Regents Teaching Excellence Award, Nominated
Board of Regents Teaching Excellence Award, Nominated
UMB Campus Teacher of the Year Award, Nominated
Student Graduate Association, Teacher of the Year Award
Dean s Teaching Award
University of Maryland, School of Social Work, Associate Professor Courses taught:
Social Work Practice with Communities and Organizations
Community Organizing
Social Movements and Social Action 2000-2005
2000 - Spring University of Maryland, School of Social Work, Assistant Professor
Courses taught:
Social Work Practice with Communities and Organizations
Community Organizing
Social Movements and Social Action
University of California, Los Angeles, School of Public Policy and Social Research,
Department of Social Welfare, Lecturer Course taught: Community Organization1996 - 1997
University of California, Los Angeles, School of Public Policy and Social Research,
Department of Social Welfare, Teaching AssistantCourses co-taught: Social Welfare
Policy and Community Organization RELATED EXPERIENCE
1997Community Health Councils, Community Organizer1995 - 1997Family Services of Santa
Monica, Clinical Social Worker1994 The House of Ruth,
Social Work Intern1992-1994ICF
International,
Research Assistant1991-1992Consultants in Epidemiology and Occupational
Health,
Research Assistant1989All Saints AIDS Service Center, Administrative
Assistant/Fundraising Assistant
RESEARCH SUPPORT AND FELLOWSHIPS
2011
2011
2009
2005-2006University of Maryland, School of Social Work Designated Research Initiative
Funds Grant for A CBPR project to Identify, Measure and Track Civic Health with the
Promise Heights Initiative (Co-Principal Investigator: 25,000 unfunded)
Governor s Office on Service and Volunteerism (GOSV) evaluation of the AmeriCorps
programs across the state (Co-Principal Investigator: $159,000 unfunded)
University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and Social Work Community
Engagement Planning Grant (Co-Principal Investigator: $150,000)
National Institutes of Health Recovery Act Limited Competition: Building Sustainable
Community-Linked Infrastructure to Enable Health Science Research (RC4) (Co-Principal
Investigator: $1,000,000- unfunded)
Administration of Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), Organizational Capacity Building
of Nonprofits Evaluation, with institutional partners, Governor s Office of Community
Initiatives (GOCI) and Maryland Association of Nonprofits MANO (Co-Principle Investigator:
$50,000 - unfunded).
Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Outreach Partnership Center (COPC)
grant for Building and Bridging Diverse Neighborhoods in East Baltimore (Principal
Investigator: $200,000 in federal funding and $1,000,000 in matching funding from
university and community partners). 2004 American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)
fellowship for a cross-comparative case study of violent American SMOs (Principal
Investigator: $30,000 unfunded). 2004 Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation grant for a
cross-comparative case study of violent American SMOs (Principal Investigator: $20,000
unfunded). 2003-2004
University of Maryland, School of Social Work Designated Research Initiative Funds Grant
for An Investigation of Sense of Community in Baltimore City (Principal Investigator:
$6,000). 2002 - 2003 Maryland Mediation and Conflict Resolution Office (MACRO) Grant with
SWCOS for Alternative Dispute Resolution: Community Capacity Building (Co- Principal
Investigator: $26,500). 2001 - 2002 Annie E. Casey Foundation Grant for Documentation of
the Making Connections Initiative (Principal Investigator: $40,000). 2000-2001 University
of Maryland, Designated Research Initiative Funding for An Investigation of a
Collaboration Between Baltimoreans United in Leadership Development (BUILD) and
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) (Principal Investigator:
$12,000). 1998 - 1999 University of California, Institute on Global Conflict and
Cooperation, Dissertation Fellowship (Principle Investigator: $12,000). 1997 University of
California, Los Angeles, School of Public Policy and Social Research, Department of Social
Welfare funding for Ethnography of the Los Angeles Welfare Rights Coalition (Principal
Investigator: $1,500). 1996 University of California, Los Angeles, School of Public Policy
and Social Research, Department of Social Welfare funding for Parenting Teen s
Perspectives on Pregnancy and Motherhood (Principal Investigator: $1,500).
PUBLICATIONS
Meyer, Megan (2005). Review of Kitchen Capitalism: Microenterprise in Low-Income
Households by Margaret Sherrard Sherraden, Cynthia Sanders, and Michael Sherraden. Social
Service Review, 79(3): 562-64.
Meyer, Megan. (2002). Review of Civic Innovation in America: Community Empowerment,
Public Policy, and the Movement for Civic Renewal by Carmen Sirianni and Lewis Friedland.
Social Service Review, 76(2): 341-343.
Selected Reports
Meyer, Megan, Michael Reisch, Jane Lipscomb et al. (2010). UMB at a Crossroads:
Opportunities for Expanding Community-University Health Partnerships.
Meyer, Megan (2007). Final Report: Building and Bridging Diverse Neighborhoods in East
Baltimore (COPC-MD-04-717).
Meyer, Megan (2004). Final Report: Maryland Association of Conflict Resolution
Organizations.
PRESENTATIONS
Refereed Presentations
Invited Presentations
Meyer, Megan & Simon Stacey (2011) The Vibrant Campus: Civic Engagement and Honors
Programs. Presented at Flagler College, St. Augustine, Florida.
Meyer, Megan, Michael Reisch and Jane Lipscomb (2011) Researching Best Practices in
Community-University Partnerships. Paper presented at the Designated Research Initiative
Funding Brown Bag, Baltimore, Maryland.
Meyer, Megan and Jim Kunz (2009) Grassroots organizing for Non-profits: Potential and
Challenges . Presented to the Maryland Organization of Non-Profit Organizations, Advocacy
Leaders Program.
Meyer, Megan, Michael Reisch, and Steven Soifer (2009). Community Organizing in Changing
Times . Workshop presented at the NASW Maryland Chapter Annual Conference.
Meyer, Megan and Steven Soifer (2009). Co-Chaired the UMB Speak Out on the Economic
Crisis and presented on the potential of organizing in the current context.
Meyer, Megan (2005). Opportunities and Obstacles in evaluating Community-University
Partnerships. Paper presented at a conference on qualitative research sponsored by
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia.
Meyer, Megan (2004). Does Violence Work? A Review of the Literature and a Proposed
Research Agenda. Paper presented at the Department of Social Work Doctoral Seminar,
University of California, Los Angeles, California.
Meyer, Megan (2004) Measuring Collective Sense of Community: A View from the Streets.
Paper presented at the Designated Research Initiative Funding Brown Bag, Baltimore,
Maryland.
Ernst, Joy, Megan Meyer, and Diane DePanfilis (2004). The Effects of Structural
Characteristics of Housing on Adequacy of Physical Child Care: An Exploratory Analysis.
Paper presented at the Designated Research Initiative Funding Brown Bag, Baltimore,
Maryland.
Meyer, Megan and Steve Soifer (November, 2003). The Movement Action Plan (MAP): A model
for understanding the development of social movements. Workshop presented to the Bread
and Roses Community Fund, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Meyer, Megan. (October, 1997). Theoretical and data analysis strategy for analysis of
ISPO data with demonstration of Atlas qualitative data analysis software. Paper presented
at the International Study of Peace and Conflict Resolution Organizations study meeting,
Port Ballintrae, Northern Ireland.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Professional Association Memberships
Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Associations
Association of Community Organization and Social Administration
National Association of Social Workers
Journal Editorial Boards
Editorial Board, Journal of Community Practice, 2011 - present
Reviewer, Social Service Review, 2011 - present
Reviewer, Journal of Civil Society, 2005
Reviewer, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 2002 - 2003
Reviewer, Social Movement Studies, 2003 - 2004
UNIVERSITY AND SCHOOL SERVICE
University of Maryland, School of Social Work
Baccalaureate Committee, 2002-2004
Chair, Field Committee, 2002 2005
Co-Chair, Management & Community Organization Committee, 2007 - 2011
Co-Chair, Social Action and Community Development Specialization, 2000 - present
Chair, SWCOS Faculty Advisory Committee, 2001 - present
Course Coordinator, SOWK 631: Communities and Organizations, 2001 - present
Faculty Executive Committee, 2008-2010
Faculty Advisor, Student Coalition for Peace and Equality, 2000 - present
Foundation Committee, 2001 present
Masters Program Committee, 2009-2011
Faculty Search Committee, 2009
Thurz Search Committee, 2007
UMD, Baltimore Faculty Senate, 2005
UMD Strategic Planning, Global and Local Initiatives workgroup, 2011
UMD Strategic Planning, Creating a Vibrant Campus workgroup, 2012
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