About
What is drdavidmontague.com?
My name is David Montague and I founded this website to inspire people through public speaking and scholarship that endeavors to improve society; this is my passion. I never charge for public speaking or advice to inspire individuals on gaining education or training toward their career success. Any honorarium provided for public speaking goes to defray costs in overall efforts to help the community through my public speaking.
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Background
I am passionate about equity in our education and criminal justice systems. This is what I work toward daily at my university as the person responsible for all aspects of student success within Academic Affairs, the mentoring of new faculty, and primary campus student lead for the implementation of a new ERP system (Workday Student). I most recently served as the university’s Executive Director of Online Learning and Faculty Mentoring. So the incorporation of technology along with providing guidance based on experience, are what I believe to be keys to success.
I value service to others most of all and as a tenured full professor of criminal justice, I am able to actively volunteer in a prisoner reentry to society program, engage in criminal justice projects, and speak to various audiences on educational and criminal justice and topics. Of course, I still have a passion for mentoring students and occasionally teaching courses.
Key achievements of my career include growing the brand “UA Little Rock Online” from 10 viable academic programs in 2015 to 68 viable academic programs (i.e. degrees, certificates, and minors) by 2021 when I was over the eLearning Office, teaching an Administrative Asset Forfeiture course at the FBI academy at the age of 23 years of age, and at 29 years of age being appointed as head of investigations for a unique federal agency to declassify records dealing with the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Over the years, I have intentionally leveraged my experiences and roles as a platform to mentor students. I have delivered 268 presentations at academic conferences and community events across the United States and 7 foreign countries. I authored a textbook on drug crime policy, another book about the revolutionizing of naval ship design using computer technology that won the Best Author for a Biography Award and was showcased on Good Morning America. I am currently working on another book that chronicles my tenure as part of the United States Assassination Records Review Board during the 1990s. Finally, I completed degrees at Howard University (PhD), George Washington University (MA), and Morehouse College (BA).
Abbreviated Curriculum Vitae
importance of Public speaking & scholarship to education
What is Happening in Today's Educational Landscape?
Today, more than ever, it is important to understand the changing landscape within Education; especially Higher Education. That understanding dictates the need to be flexible as educators in the way we consider teaching and learning, as well as the tools used, and funding models. Online learning plays a growing critical role in how people gain knowledge and "online" does not simply refer to course modality. It also refers to the tools used to access and distribute content. Ease of access, reduced cost, appeal to learners needing flexibility, and quality of learning, are what drive the very survival of educational institutions today. Therefore, helping others to be proactive and innovative as institutions does not equate to a reduction in educational quality or less rigor. That said, respect for an organization's culture is critically important, and the willingness to challenge an educational organization's traditional norms is key to help improve operations; sometimes to even stay in business. So it is important to foster innovation, optimism, and flexibility toward educational change in society's stakeholders.
Why Service Through Public Speaking and Scholarship are Important?
Public speaking events are amazing opportunities to reach people. Whether face-to-face or virtual, connecting with other human beings, especially to provide stories and encouragement, benefit society. I have been blessed to be able to have asked to speak at hundreds of events over the years. More importantly, I have been able to address current issues in my presentations, with no limitations, to almost any demographic imaginable. People and organizations have a choice as to whom they provide a platform to speak to others connected to them. So I am honored to have been asked to speak to so many over the years, whether locally, or in other countries. In the end, public speaking embodies the ability to capture minds, hearts, and spirits; to endure and to overcome.
My Books
Overnight Code: The Life of Raye Montague, the Woman Who Revolutionized Naval Engineering
By Paige Bowers & David Montague
Chicago Review Press, 2021
Winner of the 2022 Georgia Author of the Year Award for a Biography
Travesty of Justice: The Politics of Crack Cocaine and the Dilemma of the Congressional Black Caucus, 2nd Edition
By Artemesia Stanberry and David Montague
Kendall Hunt Publishing, 2014
Travesty of Justice: The Politics of Crack Cocaine and the Dilemma of the Congressional Black Caucus,1st Edition
By Artemesia Stanberry and David Montague
Kendall Hunt Publishing, 2011
Contact Info
david@drdavidmontague.com
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