Dr Meegan Brown
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Early Childhood & Inclusive Education
Biography
Meegan Brown AFHEA (Indigenous) is a senior lecturer and the Study Area Co-ordinator of the Master of Education School Guidance and Counselling at QUT. Her research and teaching interests include trauma-aware schooling, rural and remote education, educators experiences of working with students living with the effects of trauma, and School Guidance and Counselling. Meegan is also a member of QUT's Centre for Child and Family StudiesPersonal details
Positions
- Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Early Childhood & Inclusive Education
Research field
Education systems, Specialist studies in education
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (Queensland University of Technology)
- Master of Education with a Major in Guidance & Counselling (University of Southern Qld)
Professional memberships and associations
Australian Guidance and Counselling Association
Queensland Guidance and Counselling Association
Queensland Association of State School Principals
Australian Association for Research in Education
Society for the Provision of Education in Rural Australia
Queensland College of Teachers
Early Childhood Australia
Teaching
Meegan had over 20 years of experience working as teacher (early childhood, primary, secondary), small school principal, Guidance Officer and Senior Guidance Officer in North West Queensland. Her professional experiences and research inform her teaching in the higher education setting at QUT. Meegan is the study area co-ordinator of the Masters of Education School Guidance and Counselling.
In 2020 Meegan was awarded the Executive Dean's Award for Excellence in Learning and Teaching - Faculty of Education.
Publications
- Brown, M., Howard, J. & Walsh, K. (2022). Building Trauma Informed Teachers: A constructivist grounded theory study of remote primary school teachers' experiences with children living with the effects of complex childhood trauma. Frontiers in Education, 7. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/232454
- Howard, J., L'Estrange, L. & Brown, M. (2022). National Guidelines for Trauma-Aware Education in Australia. Frontiers in Education, 7. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/232311
- Howard, J., L'Estrange, L. & Brown, M. (2022). The School Counsellor's Role in Trauma Aware Education. Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools, 32(2), 243–253. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/227631
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Meegan, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Awards
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2020
- Details
- Faculty of Education Executive Dean's Award for Excellence in Learning and Teaching