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Mailing Information: | Contact Information: | University of Maryland | Phone: (410) 706.5635 | School of Social Work | Fax: (410) 706.6046 | 525 West Redwood Street | E-mail: mmeyer@ssw.umaryland.edu | Baltimore, Maryland 21201 | Room: 4E13 |
Education: | MSW; PhD, University of California, Los Angeles |
Expertise and Research Interests: | Community Organizing and Advocacy | Qualitative Research | Social Capital Development | Social Movements |
Memberships: | | Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Associations | Association of Community Organization and Social Administration | | Council on Social Work Education | | Society for Social Work Research | | Reviewer, Journal of Civil Society, 2005 - present | | Reviewer, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 2002 - present | | Reviewer, Social Work Movement Studies, 2003-present |
Recent Publications: | Articles in Refereed Journals | | Meyer, Megan (2007). “Globalization and social work education: Evaluation of student learning in a macro practice class.” Social Work Education 26(3): 1-14. | | Meyer, Megan, Mary Morris-Hyde, Carrie Jenkins (2005). “Measuring Psychological Sense of Community: A View from the Streets.” Journal of Health and Social Policy 20 (4): 31-50. | | Stacey, Simon and Megan Meyer (2005). “Civil Society and Violence: A Research Agenda.” Journal of Civil Society 1(2): 1-10. | | Meyer, Megan (2004). “Organizational identity, political contexts, and SMO action: Explaining the tactical choices made by peace organizations in Israel, Northern Ireland, and South Africa.” Social Movement Studies 3 (2): 167-196. | | Meyer, Megan and Cheryl A. Hyde (2004). “Too Much of a “Good” Thing?: Insular Neighborhood Associations, Non-Reciprocal Civility and the Promotion of Civic Health.” Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 33(3): 77-96. | | Ernst, Joy, Megan Meyer, and Diane DePanfilis (2004). “The Effects of Structural Characteristics of Housing on Adequacy of Physical Child Care: An Exploratory Analysis.” Child Welfare 83(5): 437-452. | | Hyde, Cheryl A. and Megan Meyer (2004). “A Collaborative Approach to Service, Learning and Scholarship: A Community-Based Research Course.” Journal of Community Practice 12(1/2), pp. 71-88. | | Meyer, Megan (2003). “Recruiting Volunteers for Political Action: The Case of a Welfare Reform Coalition.” Voluntary Action 6(1): 27-43. | | Knickmeyer, Lisa, Karen Hopkins, and Megan Meyer (2003). “Exploring Collaboration Among Urban Neighborhood Associations.” Journal of Community Practice, 11(2): 13-25. | | Hyde, Cheryl A., Megan Meyer and Dick Cook (2002). “A New Twist on Nonprofit, For-Profit, and Public Sector Relationships: The Community Benefits District.” International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 22(11/12). | | Gidron, Benjamin, Stanley Katz, Megan Meyer, Yeheskel Hasenfeld, Raviv Schwartz, and Jonathan Crane (1999). “ Peace and Conflict Resolution Organizations in Three Protracted Conflicts: Structures, Resources, and Ideology.” Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Non-profit Organizations, 10(4): 275-298. | Chapters
Meyer, Megan (In press). Political interventions. In Encyclopedia of Social Work (20th ed). Silver Spring, Maryland: National Association of Social Workers. | | Meyer, Megan. (2001). “A Comparative View: Peace and Conflict Resolution Organizations in Three Protracted Conflicts.” In B. Gidron, S. Katz, and Y. Hasenfeld (Eds.), Mobilizing for Peace: Conflict Resolution in Northern Ireland, Israel/Palestine, and South Africa, pp. 175-201. New York: Oxford University Pres | Book Reviews
Meyer, Megan (2006). Review of Analytical Skills for Community Organization Practice by Donna Hardina. Journal of Community Practice 14(3): 130-132. | | 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. | Reports/Working Papers
Meyer, Megan. “Hybrid Human Service Organizations: The Costs and Benefits of Combining Service and Advocacy.” | | Hyde, Cheryl, Karen Hopkins & Megan Meyer. “We know we need help, but we don’t know with what: Precapacity building through grassroots research collaborations.” | | Hyde, Cheryl A. and Megan Meyer. “Does Neighborhood Attitudinal Consensus Lead to Neighborhood Collaboration?: An Exploratory Analysis of an Urban Community.” |
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