Meridith is a Ph.D. candidate at the School of Political and International Affairs and the Director of the GLOBIS Human Rights Lab at the University of Georgia. Driven by her desire for the advancement of all human rights, a continued understanding of the varying challenges facing human rights advocacy, and the expansion of human rights education and awareness, she is dedicated to facilitating her contributions through empirical research and collaboration with other human rights advocates to improve outcomes by pressuring governments to do better. Her research agenda centers on human rights, contentious politics, tech/privacy, and political economy.