Cornell College & InHerit, Indigenous Heritage Passed to Present

Dr. Montes is an art historian with background in anthropology, archaeology, and museums studies. Her specific areas of research include intersections between ancestral Maya art, architecture,and sacred landscapes inYucatán, Mexico. Dr. Montes is currently an assistant professor of art history in the Department of Art and Art History at Cornell College where she also teaches courses in archaeology and anthropology. She is an affiliated researcher with InHerit and was the project facilitator for InHerit’s “Cultural Heritage, Ecology, and Conservation of Yucatec Cenotes Project.” Ph.D., Art History University of Illinois Chicago; M.A., Anthropology and Art history Northern Illinois University.