Dr. Montgomery received a Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology and Human Rights from Columbia University in 2008 and completed her Ph.D. in anthropological archaeology from Stanford University in 2015. Her dissertation research focused on Ute, Apache, and Comanche encampment practices and iconographic traditions in seventeenth and eighteenth century New Mexico. Her current research explores the historical relationships between nomads and New Mexicans and how these relationships are manifested materially and immaterially.