1. MEGAN TROXELL
903.258.7805
megan.m.trox@gmail.com
EDUCATION
Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA August 2014 – May 2016
Masters of Social Work, Clinical – Children, Youth, and Families Concentration
GPA 3.881/4.0
Course work in: Internal Family Systems Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy,
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, & Social Work with
LGBTQ Populations
Rice University, Houston, TX August 2010 – May 2014
B.A. in Psychology, GPA 3.91/4.0
Graduated Cum Laude
President’s Honor Roll: Fall 2010, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Spring 2014
Member of Psy Chi – International Psychology Honor Society
Conversational French
SERVICE AND COUNSELING RELATED EXPERIENCE
Mary Lyon Pilot High School 2015-present
Clinical Social Work Intern
-Provided individual in-school counseling to a caseload of 11 students with social/emotional/behavioral constraints
(including autism) for three days of the week.
-Led 2 clinical social skills groups for students.
-Attended weekly staff meetings to discuss in-classroom intervention strategies for individual students.
-Attended clinical team meetings and IEP (Individualized Education Plan) meetings.
-Co-led a Gay-Straight-Alliance after-school club.
-Created and maintained a monthly awareness board in the school hallway.
-Developed quarterly progress reviews for clients on IEPs.
Friends of the Children – Boston 2014-2015
Clinical Social Work Intern
-Worked with highest-risk children and youth in both group and one-on-one settings.
-Personally mentored a second-grader and a third-grader working with them to achieve academic, social, and
developmental goals.
-Took weekly one-on-one outings with these two achievers around Boston to museums, parks, and other city attractions.
–Provided academic tutoring both in and out of school setting.
-Engaged in clinical conversations and therapeutic relationships with achievers.
Bethany Birches Camp Summer 2014
Camp Counselor
-Led children and youth (aged 6-18 yrs) in various wilderness adventure activities.
-Providing counsel for various emotional and spiritual needs.
-Facilitated conflict resolution among campers.
-CPR & First Aid certified.
Redeemed Ministries – Anti-Human Trafficking Agency Summer 2013
Intern at this non-profit Houston-based anti-human trafficking organization
-Performed administrative work (organizing events and designing presentation materials).
-Engaged in outreach (street and brothel ministry).
-Assisted in aftercare (working with and assisting in mentoring survivors).
Elijah’s Retreat Summer 2009
Summer intern at this non-profit organization that serves as a camp/retreat for families of autistic children
-Interacted with the families, played with the kids and assisted them on pony rides.

2. WORK EXPERIENCE
Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Ave, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 Summer 2015
Social Work Library Head Assistant
-Created, planned, prepared materials for, and led library assistant training seminar for new library assistant workers,
and also facilitated discussions during training.
-Co-created library rules and regulations for workers and patrons
-Developed and modified library webpages, which provide information and resources for specific courses in the social
work school.
-Write, record, create, produce, and publish tutorial videos for the library using Camtasia editing software.
Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005 2011-2014
Writing Consultant
-Appointed by recommendation of my English professor.
-Assist students with writing and revising academic papers.
-Main focus on training them to improve their writing, not merely editing their papers for grammatical errors.
Tyler Civic Theatre Center, 400 Rose Park Drive, Tyler, Texas75702-6859 Summer 2011
S.T.A.R. camp teacher and assistant to Coordinator
-Teaching: Taught classes at acting camp.
-Directed a play which the children learned in a week and performed at the end of camp.
-Coordinating: Handled sign-up and oversaw camps for a week.
-Organized pizza parties for the end of the week. Explained theatre rules and introduced the plays to the audience.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Program Evaluation Spring 2016
Boston College School of Social Work, advisor Dr. Erika Sabbath
-Designed, conducted, and completed a study on job satisfaction at a local agency.
Industrial/Organizational, Social Psychology Research Assistant Fall 2012-2014
Rice University Psychology Department, advisor Dr. Michelle Hebl
-Conducted 8 hours of research per week for a study looking at discrimination of cancer survivors in the workplace,
including field research and coding of data.
-Ran experiments studying the effects of racial stereotypes on crime reports.
Research Methods Fall 2011
Rice University Psychology Department, advisor Dr. Michelle Hebl
-Designed, conducted, and completed a study on the effects of accent discrimination in interviews.
INTERNATIONAL
Campus Crusade for Christ Summer 2012
-Participated in an East Asia outreach trip.
-Met and mentored students on a university campus while sharing the Gospel of Christ with them.
-Expanded my cultural awareness and ability to reflect on others’ different backgrounds.
University of Edinburgh Spring 2013
-Studied for a semester and took courses in Psychology, Divinity, and Scottish Ethnography.
-Further expanded my cultural awareness and ability to empathize with those of other cultural/social/ideological
backgrounds.
OTHER
Boston College School of Social Work Academic Planning Committee 2015-present
-Attended monthly meetings with Boston College School of Social Work academic heads as a clinical master’s student
representative and reviewed current courses and discussed proposed courses.