Rate My Professor Shelley Morgan

Shelley Morgan currently holds the position of Executive Assistant to the Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the Division of Health Sciences at the University of Otago, New Zealand's oldest university located in Dunedin. In this senior administrative role, she delivers comprehensive executive assistance and strategic advice to the Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Associate Professor Megan Gibbons. Her responsibilities include handling all incoming correspondence and responding to enquiries, managing the Pro-Vice-Chancellor's diary, organising meetings, events, and workshops, conducting research and analysis as required, ensuring compliance with University and Divisional policies, and providing broad administrative support. These functions are vital for supporting leadership, governance, and strategic operations across the Division of Health Sciences, which includes the Faculties of Biomedical Sciences, Dentistry, Health Professional Programmes such as Pharmacy and Physiotherapy, and Medicine spanning Dunedin, Christchurch, and Wellington campuses.

Shelley Morgan earned a Master of Applied Science from the University of Otago, with her thesis titled 'Cat movements and prey selection in an urban wetland remnant,' which examined the movements and hunting activity of house cats (Felis catus) around Travis Wetland in Christchurch; this work was referenced in 'Advances in New Zealand mammalogy 1990–2000.' Her administrative career at Otago features roles such as Executive Officer at the College of Education, coordinating events like the Creative New Zealand Children's Writer in Residence programme, and Departmental Administrator in the Department of Politics, supporting student services and the 2017 NZPSA Conference. She provided editorial assistance for the EDUSummIT 2015 Summary Report and 'Asia-Pacific Perspectives on Teacher Self-Efficacy,' word processing for theses including 'Food availability for tamariki: a rights-based approach,' module administration for Advanced Learning in Medicine fourth- and fifth-year programmes at Otago Christchurch, and support for the 2022 Professional Staff Conference. She has also been listed as a Departmental Health and Safety Officer in Sciences Division departments.