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Dr. Michelle Montgomery (enrolled Haliwa Saponi/descendant Eastern Band Cherokee) is an Professor and Chair, Division of Social and Historical studies in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington, Tacoma. She is also the Assistant Director for the Office of Undergraduate Education, the Indigenous Curriculum and Community advisor for the School of Education, Interim Director for Undergraduate Program in the Department of Bioethics and Humanities School of Medicine, and co-coordinator/external Indigenous advisor for the University of Minnesota Morris Sustainability Leadership Program. Dr. Montgomery's -heart work - focuses on Indigenizing and decolonizing the climate justice narrative through the Indigenous Speaker Series, environmental ethics connected to Indigenous Peoples' identities, and Eco-critical race theory to eliminate racial and environmental oppression.