She has worked at the University of South Carolina, the Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing, the Pennsylvania State Senate, and the National Center for Juvenile Justice. Throughout her career, Megan has maintained a focus on juvenile delinquency and justice and the collateral consequences of living with a formal criminal record. Her research has been published in the field's top journals, and she has previously received funding from the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Justice. Her work with BJS focuses on recidivism and assessing the immediate and longer-term outcomes of juveniles processed and sentenced in adult courts as well as how state policies and different statistical approaches may alter research findings.