[6] Rachel Nordlinger was main supervisor for Meakins' dissertation, Case-marking in contact: the development and function of case morphology in Gurindji Kriol, an Australian mixed language.
[7] A Professor at The University of Queensland, Australia,[2] Mekins also serves as a chief investigator with the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language (CoEDL).
[8] Meakins and Patrick McConvell were the first linguists to describe Gurindji Kriol, a mixed language which emerged in the Kalkarindji community of northern Australia post-1970s.
[13][14] She has published several articles in The Conversation[15] (one of which has been republished in German),[16] performed a TEDx talk[17] and collaborated with Karungarni Arts and rangers from the Murnkurrumurnkurru Central Land Council.
Her work chronicling Gurindji oral histories in particular attracted media attention around the fiftieth anniversary of the Wave Hill walk-off.