Katharine is a lecturer with the College of Arts, Business, Law, Education and IT in the Early Childhood Education Program.
After teaching children and adults in a community organisation for 15 years, Katharine started her formal teaching career in the early years, followed by primary and secondary as a generalist and specialist in performing arts and health/physical education.
Ignited by previous paid and volunteer work in allied health, the disability sector and the Deaf community, Katharine moved into special education, finishing at the Victorian College for the Deaf as a Teacher of the Deaf early 2021 before moving to Victoria University. She now works within the Program of Early Childhood Education as a convenor, lecturer, researcher and with a leadership portfolio of quality assurance.