Ann Meier is an Assistant Professor in Sociology at the University of Minnesota. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2003. Professor Meier studies adolescence and the transition to adulthood. One of her research projects, funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, focuses on how relationships in adolescence help to prepare youth for strong relationships as adults. In another project, Professor Meier examines the consequences of teen sexual activity on attitudes and values and mental health. In other projects, Professor Meier examines what promotes or inhibits achievement and physical and sexual health during the transition to adulthood. With collaborators, she also studies sexual health issues in China and Tanzania.

Professor Meier also holds appointments as a member of the graduate faculty for Population Studies and Interpersonal Relationships Research minors at the University of Minnesota. She is an affiliate of the Minnesota Population Center and the Life Course Center. She teaches undergraduate classes: world population problems, sociology of sexualities, and introduction to sociology, and a graduate seminar in fertility, family planning, and sexual health.

She is a member of the American Sociological Association, the Population Association of America, the Society for Research on Adolescence, the National Council on Family Relations, and the Sociologists of Minnesota. She is also on the Effective Research Taskforce of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy.