Meagan Zurn Email & Phone Number

Portland, Oregon Area

Designed and conducted independent research on the impact of the financial crisis/recession on American working/middle class families. Worked with local residents of Ft. Collins, Colorado, conducting interviews and focus groups.Synthesized theory and research from political science, economics, sociology and communications to design, implement, and present new findings. Presented findings to field and industry experts at national and International conferences. Completed extensive graduate-level coursework on research methods, statistics, and contemporary social theory, with high marks

London, United Kingdom

Led seminars in Introduction to Sociology, Political Sociology, and MCLabs (Masters Dissertation Research Workshop).

United States

Developing marketing, branding, and social media community strategy, resulting in the British History Podcast becoming one of the biggest independent history podcasts in the world.Designing and implementing membership campaigns, driving a 200% increase in profits per year for the last three years.Securing high-level interviews with subject experts. Managing social media strategy across Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr, leading to an average of 10% increase in audience per quarter.Edit weekly podcast scripts and manage long-term publishing strategy

London

Consultant project for Comic Relief. Audience research.

London, United Kingdom

Editor for socialsciencespace.com, the International Community and Blog Network for the Social Sciences.Designed and implemented a new content strategy for the on-line magazine which promoted better utilization of social science research by policy makers. Developed and maintained a running topical content strategy, commissioning and publishing articles that coincided with the news cycle. Supported partnering relationships with policy makers, non-profits, authors, social scientists and government officials.Redesigned website interface and restructured the overarching vision for the project, resulting in a 20% increase in overall traffic to the site.Wrote and managed monthly e-mail newsletters to SAGE publications news subscribers.

Boulder, Co

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Ba, Sociology And Anthropology, Magna Cum Laude