Megan Skowronski

Biography

Megan Skowronski is a Sociology PhD Candidate and Fellow with the Consortium on Analytics and Data-Driven Decision Making (CAnD3), hosted by McGill University. Her research area lies at the intersection of health, aging, race/ethnicity, economic stratification, public policy and social service provisions in the US. Her previous work identifies specific household domains of financial precarity which serve as barriers to health-relevant resources, namely medication adherence for older adults. Within her doctoral studies, Megan’s primary focus is on understanding associations between spatio-temporal changes in housing segregation, alternative financial services, and population health. To gain a comprehensive understanding of this area, she adopts a multidisciplinary approach, drawing upon sociology, gerontology, epidemiology, public health, and economics, both in theory and methodology.

Education

• 2018 – B.S., Economics with a minor in Political Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
• 2023 – M.S., Sociology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
• 2023 – University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
  ICSPR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research
• 2023 –  McGill University, Introduction to Data Science in R and Documenting in RMarkdown

Selected Publications

FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS AND MEDICATION ADHERENCE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Professional Experience

Data Scientist – Knowli Data Science

• South Carolina Medicaid Analytics and Dashboard Development

Instructor of Record (Original Course Design) – Sociology 

• Social Class and Inequality (SYO3530) – Summer 2024

Teaching Assistant – Sociology 

Undergraduate Courses

• Families and Social Change  (SYO 3100) – Fall 2021
• Cities in Society (SYD 3600) – Fall 2021
• Introduction to Sociology (SYG 1000) – Spring 2022
• Marriage and the Family (SYG 2430) – Spring 2023 
• Social Problems (SYG 2010) – Spring 2023
• Population and Society (SYD 3020) – Spring 2024
• Sociology of Death and Dying (SYA 3741) – Spring 2024

Graduate Seminars 

• Introduction to Research Methods (SYA 5305) – Fall 2023 
• Advanced Quantitative Methods (SYA 5407) – Fall 2023

Teaching Assistant – Public Health

• Social Statistics & Data Analysis for Masters of Public Health (SYA 5458) – Spring 2022

Teaching Assistant – Economics

• Introduction to Econometrics (ECO 4421) – Fall 2017
• Economics of State and Local Government (ECO 4554) – Spring 2018 

Faculty Supervisors

Dr. Patricia Homan 

Awards & Honors

• 2023 – Institute of Successful Longevity, Student Poster Competition, First place.
• 2024 – Consortium for Analytics and Data Driven Decision Making (CAnD3) hosted by McGill University, Dragon’s Den Data Visualization Competition, Third Place: Mapping the Intersection: Average Wait Time for Housing Vouchers in Relation to Minority Household Percentage.