Megan McIntyre is a second-year PhD student in the City and Regional Planning Depar. Her comparative research agenda focuses on questions of identity, immigration, and local processes. Serving her international research interests, she is currently studying Arabic at UNC as a Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship recipient and was a Critical Language Scholarship finalist in Morocco during the summer of 2022.
She joined UNC-CH after receiving an M.Sc. in International Planning from University College London (UCL) where she specialized in urban design and conducted a comparative research project considering medical anchor institutions in Canada, the US, and the UK. Before attending UCL, she obtained a master’s in Social Policy, Employment, and Welfare at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona where her thesis focused on public space in the context of a gentrified Barcelona neighborhood. Rooted in the US South, Megan completed her undergraduate studies closer to home at the University of Florida, obtaining a B.A. in Political Science and International Studies.
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