MEET OUR STAFF
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Hillary Montague-Asp, Ph.D. (she/her)
Director, Office of Student Diversity & Inclusion
Phone: (518) 580-8103
Email: hmontagueasp@skidmore.edu
Dr. Hillary Montague-Asp (she/her) is a white, queer, fat, cisgender femme from a
professional class family, and has a chronic illness that is sometimes disabling.
Hillary is a social justice educator and DEI practitioner with over a decade of experience
doing equity-centered work to support marginalized students in higher education. She
uses relational and reflexive approaches in her own self-work and in her work with
students, staff, faculty, and community members to support personal growth, professional
development, and to co-create critical communities of care. She is a formally trained
intergroup dialogue facilitator and coach and has worked with students and facilitators
on semester-long dialogues focusing on race, sexuality, and/or gender. Hillary has
also taught courses at the undergraduate and graduate level on social (in)justice
in the US education system and ableism & disability justice. She recently co-authored
a book chapter on ableism & disability justice in Teaching for Diversity and Social
Justice, 4th edition (Routledge, 2022). Hillary holds a B.A. from the University of
Colorado 鈥� Boulder where she studied women & gender studies and sociology and an M.Ed.
and Ph.D. in social justice education from the University of Massachusetts 鈥� Amherst.
In her free time, Hillary loves talking and learning about all things social justice,
being outdoors (particularly in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado), spending time with
her partner and 4 cats, watching women鈥檚 college basketball, and making music with
friends. Hillary鈥檚 office (Case 203) is stocked with tea/cider/hot chocolate, snacks,
candy, and fidget toys - please stop by and say hello!