Bio

Meghan is a Civic, Liberal, and Global Education (COLLEGE) Lecturer and a sociologist. She uses qualitative methods to study bodies as sites for the reproduction of gender inequality. More specifically, she studies sexual violence, family formation, and pregnancy and childbirth. Her work can be found in Sociological Perspectives, Contexts, and The Annual Review of Law and Social Science.

In her dissertation, she uses interviews, surveys, and observations to study how women in the SF Bay Area prepare for and experience their first births. This research is supported by grants from the American Sociological Association, the Center for Institutional Courage, the Stanford Ethnography Lab, and the Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences.

Academic Appointments

  • Lecturer, Civic, Liberal, and Global Education

Professional Education

  • PhD, Stanford University, Sociology (2024)
  • MA, Stanford University, Sociology (2019)
  • BA, University of California, Berkeley, Sociology (2016)

Links

2025-26 Courses

All Publications

  • Sexual harassment at work: Targets' perspectives on prevention and response. PloS one Corbett, C., Warner, M. O., Harsey, S. J., Freyd, J. J. 2026; 21 (7): e0352783

    Abstract

    Harassment, including sexual harassment, in the workplace poses a significant threat to workers' wellbeing and contributes to social inequities. Organizations play a pivotal role in both enabling and preventing workplace harassment. We use a grounded theory approach to understand how workers experience workplace sexual harassment. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with thirty U.S. workers, most from the service industry in the San Francisco Bay Area, who have experienced sexual harassment at work, we describe organizational practices that workers believe effectively prevent and respond to harassment. Findings demonstrate that workplaces may better support workers by (1) setting clear expectations that harassment will not be tolerated and (2) responding effectively to incidents of harassment by establishing an independent entity to whom victims can report incidents, providing verbal support, and taking appropriate actions to support and protect victims.

    View details for DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0352783

    View details for PubMedID 42430427

    View details for PubMedCentralID PMC13354074

  • Gendered expectations of future work-family conflict in the legal profession AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CULTURAL SOCIOLOGY Warner, M., Clair, M. 2026

    View details for DOI 10.1057/s41290-026-00287-x

    View details for Web of Science ID 001806265200001

  • Not a Victim, Not a Survivor CONTEXTS Warner, M. 2024; 23 (2): 12-17

    View details for DOI 10.1177/15365042241252122

  • Becoming a Survivor? Identity Creation Post-violence SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES Warner, M. 2023

    View details for DOI 10.1177/07311214231195340

    View details for Web of Science ID 001086804200001

  • Legal and Political Responses to Campus Sexual Assault ANNUAL REVIEW OF LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCE, VOL 15 Dauber, M., Warner, M. O. edited by MacCoun, R. J. 2019; 15: 311–33

    View details for DOI 10.1146/annurev-lawsocsci-101317-031308

    View details for Web of Science ID 000490120800016