Meghan McLyman is a professor of dance and the dance program coordinator at Salem State University. Salem State University recognized her passion for teaching with the 2017 Distinguished Teaching Award, and in 2018, she received an Arts Learning Distinguished Teaching and Arts Advocacy Award. She is also a recipient of a 2020 Whiting Fellowship which supported her research at ImPulsTanz in Vienna, Austria.

She has presented at conferences for the National Dance Education Organization, American College Dance Association, Somatic Dance Conference, and with TEDxSalemStateUniversity. Meghan holds degrees from Point Park University, American University, and Hollins University, is a Moving For Life Certified Teacher under Martha Eddy, and a Certified Evans Teacher under Bill Evans. She served on the board of the Massachusetts Dance Education Organization.

Meghan is the co-creator of Accumulation Dance, a performance company, in collaboration with Kristen Duffy Young. They have received grants from the Boston Foundation, New England Foundation for the Arts, and Boston Center for the Arts.