Rate My Professor Shane Montague-Gallagher

Shane Montague-Gallagher serves as Security Services Coordinator in the Proctor's Office at the University of Otago, contributing to campus security systems and safety protocols. His contact details are telephone +64 3 479 4889, mobile +64 21 279 4889, and email systems.proctor@otago.ac.nz. He possesses a Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA Hons), Postgraduate Diploma in Linguistics (PDDipLing) from the National University of Ireland (NUI), Postgraduate Diploma in Speech and Language Pathology (PDDipSLP) from the University of Edinburgh (Edin), and Graduate Diploma in Sustainable Practice (GDipSustPrac) from Otago Polytechnic. These credentials indicate a broad foundation in arts, linguistics, speech pathology, and sustainability.

Montague-Gallagher was a member of the University of Otago Council from 2016 to 2019, elected as the general and professional staff representative. University annual reports list his qualifications and note he received $8,000 in councillors' fees each year during 2018 and 2019. He previously served as President of the Otago Branch of the Association of University Staff, commenting on university fee policies in 2005. In 2018, he co-authored 'Tomorrow’s Heroes: Rethinking' with Samuel Mann, published in Scope: Learning and Teaching, issue 6. The article derives from over 350 interviews for the Sustainable Lens podcast, identifying attributes such as paradigm rethinking to promote sustainability, mindset shifts, and holistic education. He represented the university at the 2019 Staff and Students Strike 4 Climate alongside Pro-Vice-Chancellor Humanities Professor Tony Ballantyne. Montague-Gallagher appears in University of Otago Building Technologies Standards documents as a contact for electronic safety and security systems standards.