Morgan Koziol is in her second year of the Sociology M.A. program at University of South Carolina. She is currently working on her master's thesis which investigates the parental well-being gap. In general, her research interests include family inequality, parental well-being, academic outcomes, and identity. She is a Managing Editor for Social Currents, the official journal of the Southern Sociological Society.  Morgan is a member of the Experimental Social Psychology Student Group (ESPSG) where she assists participant recruitment for experiments in the department social psychology lab. She is a member of the Family Inequality Research Lab directed by Dr. Jennifer Augustine where she serves as project manager of the quantitative study. Morgan is also a member of the department's South Carolina Networks Consortium directed by Dr. Matthew Brashears. This semester she is a teaching assistant in Sociology of Families.

Morgan graduated from Baylor University with a B.A. in Professional Writing & Rhetoric. She was a member of the Baylor Honors College and Baylor Interdisciplinary Core. She was also a Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Scholar. 

Morgan enjoys community service, quality time with loved ones, trying new recipes, writing letters to friends, and hiking with her dogs Georgia & Carolina.