Dr Meaghan Katrak Harris

Dr. Meaghan Katrak Harris is a social worker, academic, and writer whose career spans diverse facets of the field. With extensive experience in direct practice, community development, research, and education at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, she brings a holistic perspective to social work. Her research focuses on exploring communities and developing creative, place-based solutions to challenges faced by rural and regional areas. Meaghan is part of the high impact Name.Narrate.Navigate program which delivers direct service, professional training, resource design and research for youth violence. 

Meaghan is particularly passionate about the arts as a vehicle for social justice and the telling of untold stories. Her current creative portfolio includes a collection of memoir-based essays that evolved into a play, alongside her co-written screenplay "Two Mile to Town". This fictional drama set in a small soldier settlement town in Australia in the 1960's, explores the intersectionality of the community within the historically factual context of assimilationist policies. With her team, Meaghan is actively developing a proof of concept for this screenplay as a community arts initiative in her hometown, where the story is set.

As a Senior Lecturer in Social Work, Meaghan is dedicated to social work education, combining her academic expertise with community engagement and creative practice to inspire future social work professionals.