Cheryl Montgomery

About Cheryl Montgomery

Cheryl Montgomery is a PhD candidate at Virginia Polytechnic and State University. Her research and teaching interests center around American Racism with a focus on Black women's lived experiences. She specializes in black studies, city planning, and community engagement.

Areas of Expertise

Anti-racism Planning, Planning History or History

Selected Publications

Robbins, C.K, Montgomery, C.L, Perez, R. J, Harris, L. W (2023) Awareness, evasiveness, and conditional acceptance: What graduate students learn about social identity in their academic departments. The Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, Perez, R. J, Harris, L. W, Robbins, C. K, Montgomery, C. L (2020). Graduate students’ agency and resistance after oppressive experiences. Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education, Perez, R. J, Robbins, C. K, Harris, L. W, Montgomery, C. L (2019). Exploring graduate students’ socialization to equity diversity and inclusion. The Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, Perez, R. J, Robbins, C. K, Montgomery, C. L, Harris, L. W (2023, April) Reimagining U.S. graduate education: A critical integrative analysis of socialization, campus climate, and social identity perspectives. In L. D. Barber & H. McCambly (Eds.), Critiques for transformation: Reimagining colleges & communities for social justice

Recent Courses Taught

History & Theory of Planning, Research Proposal, Introduction to Social and Environmental Justice in Design, Architecture Design Studio