Meghan Sullivan
Biographic Data
| ID | 3866292 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Meghan Sullivan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Meghan |
| FAMILY NAME | Sullivan |
| SIGNATURE | SULLIVAN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Notre Dame |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2532-252X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 41 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Considering Intermediaries as Relational Localizers
Two conceptualizations of pathways to moderating power asymmetries in humanitarian practice have emerged in localization discourse—one emphasizing procedural reforms and the other highlighting relational transformation. Dominant Global North‐mediated localization frameworks emphasize procedural approaches with a focus on shifting to a direct‐to‐local funding model, albeit with a growing understanding of the importance of relationships. This artic…
Use of Virtual Interactive Patient Encounters to Prepare First-Year Medical Students for Clinical Practice
Philosophy as a Way of Life
Scheduling Deliberation 1
Are managed retreat programs successful and just? A global mapping of success typologies, justice dimensions, and trade-offs
As managed retreat programs expand across the globe, there is an urgent need to assess whether these programs are reducing exposure to climatic hazards, enhancing adaptive capacity, and improving the living conditions of communities in a just and equitable manner or are they exacerbating existing risks and vulnerabilities? Strictly speaking, are retreat programs successful? Using an expansive intersectional justice approach to examine 138 post-re…
Why climate migration is not managed retreat
Objective Becoming
In “After Reading a Child's Guide to Modern Physics,” English poet W. H. Auden laments the disconnect between the picture of reality offered by physics and our ordinary experience:Our eyes prefer to supposeThat a habitable placeHas a geocentric view,That architects encloseA quiet Euclidian space:Exploded myths—but whoCould feel at home astraddleAn ever expanding saddle? (Auden 1962, 48)Bradford Skow's Objective Becoming is therapy for those of us…
Contemporary approaches to psychometrics
Evaluating test scores is an essential process, critical in both educational research and practice. To scientifically understand and utilize test scores, educators and researchers need to choose appropriate psychometric models to analyse and interpret assessment data. In this paper, we discuss two classes of psychometric models that have been widely used in educational measurement: item response theory (IRT) models and diagnostic classification m…
Yet Another “Epicurean” Argument
Inside Maine’s Medicine Cabinet
Objectives. We evaluated the quantity and type of medications obtained in unused-medications return programs and the proportion of medication waste. Methods. We analyzed data collected in 11 Maine cities in 2011 to 2013 during 6 Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) national medication take-back events. Pharmacy doctoral student volunteers collected data under the supervision of law enforcement, independent of the DEA. Data entry into the Pharmac…
The Irrelevance of Essence
Modal Logic as Methodology
Problems for Temporary Existence in Tense Logic
A-theorists of time postulate a deep distinction between the present, past and future. Settling on an appropriate logic for such a view is no easy matter. ThisPhilosophy Compassarticle describes one of the most vexing formal problems facing A-theorists. It is commonly thought that A-theories can only be formally expressed in a tense logic: a logic with operators likeP("it was the case that") andF("it will be the case that"). And it seems natural …
Teaching & Learning Guide for
This guide accompanies the following article(s): Meghan Sullivan, 'Problems with Temporary Existence in Tense Logic'. Philosophy Compass 7/1 (2012): 43-57. doi: 10.1111/j.1747-9991.2011.00457.xAuthor's IntroductionOver the past century, there has been considerable debate over whether and how anything changes with respect to existence. Most A-theorists of time (presentists, growing block theorists, and branch theorists) think things come to exist …
Social-Contextual Influences on Adolescent Romantic Involvement
This research explores white-black differences in adolescent heterosexual romantic involvement and how these differences are shaped by social context. We find that, parallel to patterns of marriage in adulthood, Non-Hispanic white girls are more likely to be in a romantic relationship than African American girls. This is particularly true when we focus on heterosexual romantic relationships formed with schoolmates. Among boys, African Americans a…
Why climate migration is not managed retreat
Are managed retreat programs successful and just? A global mapping of success typologies, justice dimensions, and trade-offs
As managed retreat programs expand across the globe, there is an urgent need to assess whether these programs are reducing exposure to climatic hazards, enhancing adaptive capacity, and improving the living conditions of communities in a just and equitable manner or are they exacerbating existing risks and vulnerabilities? Strictly speaking, are retreat programs successful? Using an expansive intersectional justice approach to examine 138 post-re…
Social-Contextual Influences on Adolescent Romantic Involvement
This research explores white-black differences in adolescent heterosexual romantic involvement and how these differences are shaped by social context. We find that, parallel to patterns of marriage in adulthood, Non-Hispanic white girls are more likely to be in a romantic relationship than African American girls. This is particularly true when we focus on heterosexual romantic relationships formed with schoolmates. Among boys, African Americans a…
Yet Another “Epicurean” Argument
Inside Maine’s Medicine Cabinet
Objectives. We evaluated the quantity and type of medications obtained in unused-medications return programs and the proportion of medication waste. Methods. We analyzed data collected in 11 Maine cities in 2011 to 2013 during 6 Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) national medication take-back events. Pharmacy doctoral student volunteers collected data under the supervision of law enforcement, independent of the DEA. Data entry into the Pharmac…
Contemporary approaches to psychometrics
Evaluating test scores is an essential process, critical in both educational research and practice. To scientifically understand and utilize test scores, educators and researchers need to choose appropriate psychometric models to analyse and interpret assessment data. In this paper, we discuss two classes of psychometric models that have been widely used in educational measurement: item response theory (IRT) models and diagnostic classification m…
Problems for Temporary Existence in Tense Logic
A-theorists of time postulate a deep distinction between the present, past and future. Settling on an appropriate logic for such a view is no easy matter. ThisPhilosophy Compassarticle describes one of the most vexing formal problems facing A-theorists. It is commonly thought that A-theories can only be formally expressed in a tense logic: a logic with operators likeP("it was the case that") andF("it will be the case that"). And it seems natural …
Social-Contextual Influences on Adolescent Romantic Involvement
This research explores white-black differences in adolescent heterosexual romantic involvement and how these differences are shaped by social context. We find that, parallel to patterns of marriage in adulthood, Non-Hispanic white girls are more likely to be in a romantic relationship than African American girls. This is particularly true when we focus on heterosexual romantic relationships formed with schoolmates. Among boys, African Americans a…
Problems for Temporary Existence in Tense Logic
A-theorists of time postulate a deep distinction between the present, past and future. Settling on an appropriate logic for such a view is no easy matter. ThisPhilosophy Compassarticle describes one of the most vexing formal problems facing A-theorists. It is commonly thought that A-theories can only be formally expressed in a tense logic: a logic with operators likeP("it was the case that") andF("it will be the case that"). And it seems natural …
Teaching & Learning Guide for
This guide accompanies the following article(s): Meghan Sullivan, 'Problems with Temporary Existence in Tense Logic'. Philosophy Compass 7/1 (2012): 43-57. doi: 10.1111/j.1747-9991.2011.00457.xAuthor's IntroductionOver the past century, there has been considerable debate over whether and how anything changes with respect to existence. Most A-theorists of time (presentists, growing block theorists, and branch theorists) think things come to exist …
Modal Logic as Methodology
Inside Maine’s Medicine Cabinet
Objectives. We evaluated the quantity and type of medications obtained in unused-medications return programs and the proportion of medication waste. Methods. We analyzed data collected in 11 Maine cities in 2011 to 2013 during 6 Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) national medication take-back events. Pharmacy doctoral student volunteers collected data under the supervision of law enforcement, independent of the DEA. Data entry into the Pharmac…
The Irrelevance of Essence
Yet Another “Epicurean” Argument
Contemporary approaches to psychometrics
Evaluating test scores is an essential process, critical in both educational research and practice. To scientifically understand and utilize test scores, educators and researchers need to choose appropriate psychometric models to analyse and interpret assessment data. In this paper, we discuss two classes of psychometric models that have been widely used in educational measurement: item response theory (IRT) models and diagnostic classification m…
Objective Becoming
In “After Reading a Child's Guide to Modern Physics,” English poet W. H. Auden laments the disconnect between the picture of reality offered by physics and our ordinary experience:Our eyes prefer to supposeThat a habitable placeHas a geocentric view,That architects encloseA quiet Euclidian space:Exploded myths—but whoCould feel at home astraddleAn ever expanding saddle? (Auden 1962, 48)Bradford Skow's Objective Becoming is therapy for those of us…
Why climate migration is not managed retreat
Scheduling Deliberation 1
Are managed retreat programs successful and just? A global mapping of success typologies, justice dimensions, and trade-offs
As managed retreat programs expand across the globe, there is an urgent need to assess whether these programs are reducing exposure to climatic hazards, enhancing adaptive capacity, and improving the living conditions of communities in a just and equitable manner or are they exacerbating existing risks and vulnerabilities? Strictly speaking, are retreat programs successful? Using an expansive intersectional justice approach to examine 138 post-re…
Use of Virtual Interactive Patient Encounters to Prepare First-Year Medical Students for Clinical Practice
Philosophy as a Way of Life
Considering Intermediaries as Relational Localizers
Two conceptualizations of pathways to moderating power asymmetries in humanitarian practice have emerged in localization discourse—one emphasizing procedural reforms and the other highlighting relational transformation. Dominant Global North‐mediated localization frameworks emphasize procedural approaches with a focus on shifting to a direct‐to‐local funding model, albeit with a growing understanding of the importance of relationships. This artic…
Philosophy (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Philosophy and Theoretical Science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Disaster Management and Resilience (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge (3 works)