Dr Christopher Galloway, M.Comm. (Merit), M.Mngt (Dist), PhD (Monash) - Academic Associate

Dr Galloway recently returned to New Zealand to take up the role of senior lecturer in public relations at Massey University’s Albany campus after 10 years in Australia where he held senior positions at Monash University and more recently Swinburne University of Technology where he was Discipline Leader Public Relations & Advertising.

Chris Galloway specialises in issues, crisis and risk communication, with a focus on reputation risk management. He is best known for developing an original methodology to help corporate reputation managers identify and manage reputation threats.

Before launching an academic career, Dr Galloway was a senior corporate affairs executive, working for organisations including Telecom New Zealand, the New Zealand Meat Board and Public Trust. He is co-editor of a book on public relations issues and crisis management, and has published papers in journals such as Public Relations Review, the Journal of Communication Management, the Asia Pacific Public Relations Journal and Prism.

He has a PhD (Monash), Master of Management [Communication Management] (Distinction), Massey University New Zealand, 2000; a Master of Communications (Merit), Victoria University of Wellington, 1997; APR - Accredited in Public Relations, Public Relations Institute of New Zealand, 1991; and a Bachelor of Arts (University of Auckland), 1971