Meghan Burke

Meghan Burke is a Full Professor at Vanderbilt University since August 2023 and has held a similar position at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign since August 2014, following a role as Associate Professor. Prior to that, Meghan served as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Illinois at Chicago from August 2012 to July 2014 and worked as a Special Education Teacher in a self-contained classroom for preschoolers with significant disabilities at Metro Nashville Public Schools from August 2010 to May 2012. At the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, Meghan directed the Volunteer Advocacy Project from 2008 to 2012, training over 260 advocates in special education policy and advocacy. Meghan's earlier experience includes working as a Parent Training and Information Specialist at the Family Resources Center on Disabilities from January 2003 to August 2007, where training focused on special education policy and advocacy. Educational qualifications include a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and a Master of Science (MS) in Special Education from Vanderbilt University, and a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Public Policy Analysis from the University of Chicago.