Alumna (Graduated)
Contact Information
Biography
MSc, Conflict Studies, London School of Economics, 2016
BA, Political Science, University of Washington, 2014
Research
Selected Research
- Erickson, Megan & Lucas Owen. 2024. “Blood Avocados? Trade Liberalization and Cartel Violence in Mexico.” Comparative Political Studies, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/00104140241290198.
- Thomas J. Bollyky, Emma Castro, et al [including Christopher Adolph]. 2023. "Assessing COVID-19 Pandemic Policies and Behaviours and their Economic and Educational Trade-offs across US States from Jan 1, 2020, to July 31, 2022: An Observational Analysis." The Lancet. Download PDF
- Global Burden of Disease Long COVID Collaborators [including Christopher Adolph, Bree Bang-Jensen, Nancy Fullman,Grace Reinke, Rachel Castellano, Megan Erickson, Carolyn Dapper, and Rebecca Walcott]. 2022. "Estimated Global Proportions of Individuals With Persistent Fatigue, Cognitive, and Respiratory Symptom Clusters Following Symptomatic COVID-19 in 2020 and 2021." JAMA. Download PDF
- COVID-19 Cumulative Infection Collaborators [including Christopher Adolph, Bree Bang-Jensen, Nancy Fullman, Beatrice Magistro, Grace Reinke, Rachel Castellano, Megan Erickson, Carolyn Dapper, and Rebecca Walcott]. 2022. "Estimating Global, Regional, and National Daily and Cumulative Infections with SARS-CoV-2 through Nov 14, 2021: A Statistical Analysis." The Lancet.
- COVID-19 Excess Mortality Collaborators [including Christopher Adolph, Bree Bang-Jensen, Nancy Fullman, Beatrice Magistro, Grace Reinke, Rachel Castellano, Megan Erickson, Carolyn Dapper, and Rebecca Walcott]. 2022. "Estimating Excess Mortality Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Analysis of COVID-19-Related Mortality, 2020-21.'' The Lancet. Download PDF
- COVID-19 Forecasting Team [including Christopher Adolph, Bree Bang-Jensen, Nancy Fullman, Beatrice Magistro, Grace Reinke, Rachel Castellano, Megan Erickson, Carolyn Dapper, and Rebecca Walcott]. 2022. "Variation in the COVID-19 Infection–Fatality Ratio by Age, Time, and Geography during the Pre-Vaccine Era: A Systematic Analysis." The Lancet. Download PDF
- COVID-19 National Preparedness Collaborators [including Christopher Adolph, Bree Bang-Jensen, Nancy Fullman, Beatrice Magistro, Grace Reinke, Rachel Castellano, Megan Erickson, Carolyn Dapper, and Rebecca Walcott]. 2022. "Pandemic Preparedness and COVID-19: An Exploratory Analysis of Infection and Fatality Rates, and Contextual Factors Associated with Preparedness in 177 Countries, from Jan 1, 2020, to Sept 30, 2021." The Lancet. Download PDF
- COVID-19 Mental Disorders Collaborators [including Christopher Adolph, Bree Bang-Jensen, Nancy Fullman, Beatrice Magistro, Grace Reinke, Rachel Castellano, Megan Erickson, Carolyn Dapper, and Rebecca Walcott]. 2021. “Estimating the Global Prevalence and Burden of Depressive and Anxiety Disorders in 204 Countries and Territories in 2020 Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.” The Lancet. 398(10312): 1700-1712. Download PDF
- Christopher Adolph, Kenya Amano, Bree Bang-Jensen, Nancy Fullman, Beatrice Magistro, Grace Reinke, Rachel Castellano, Megan Erickson, and John Wilkerson. 2021. “The Pandemic Policy U-Turn: Partisanship, Public Health, and Race in Decisions to Ease COVID-19 Social Distancing Policies in the United States.” Perspectives on Politics. Download PDF
- Megan Erickson and Owen, Lucas. "Blood Avocados: Cartel Violence Over Licit Industries in Mexico." University of Washington Political Economy Forum, 2020.
Courses Taught
Spring 2024
Winter 2024
Autumn 2023
Spring 2023
Winter 2023
Autumn 2022
Spring 2022
Winter 2022
News & Events
Related News
- Prof. Christopher Adolph on the IHME news, "The Lancet: Largest US state-by-state analysis of COVID-19 impact reveals the driving forces behind variations in health, education, and economic performance " (March 28, 2023)
- Prof. Christopher Adolph in UW News, "Republican-led states lifted pandemic restrictions earlier, study finds" (October 1, 2021)
- The COVID-19 State Policy Project (December 31, 2020)
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