Meghan is the ABF/NSF Postdoctoral Fellow in Law and Inequality at the American Bar Foundation. She received her Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Chicago, a J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School, a M.A.L.D. in international relations (focusing on international environment and resource policy) from The Fletcher School at Tufts University, and a B.S. in policy analysis and management from Cornell University.

She is a senior researcher at Dejusticia, where she coordinates the Global Action-Research Workshop for young human rights advocates. Her academic work focuses on property and the ecologies of war.