Dr. Cassandra Montague, PhD
Professor of Anthropology
Department of Anthropology
Columbia University
New York, New York 10027
USA
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E-mail: cassandra.montague@columbia.edu
Biography
Dr. Cassandra Montague is a professor and researcher of anthropology at Columbia University. Montague received B.A.s in Anthropology and Philosophy from Harvard University in 1993. She completed a Ph.D. on Humans and Houses from Columbia University in 1999. Her research interests involve the cultural significance of supposedly 'supernatural' occurances and beliefs. She has coauthored over 50 articles on these and other topics.
Outside of work, Dr. Montague enjoys hobbies including bike riding, book collecting, and insect pinning.
Education
Columbia University, PhD 1999 & MA 1996 in Anthropology
Advisor: Nicholas Redding
Thesis: The House, Personified: An Exploration of Humans and the Dwellings They BuildHarvard University, BA in Anthropology & BA in Philosophy
Magna Cum Laude with Highest Honors in Anthropology, 1993
Classes
Superstition & Vulgar Knowledge (Fall 2025, Anthropology UN2046x) The Anthropology of Ghosts (Fall 2025, Anthropology GR6039x) Parasites in Human Culture (Spring 2025, Anthropology UN3893x) Hauntology (Spring 2025, Anthropology GR6144x)
Publications
Cassandra Montague and Seymour Parker. "The Haunted House and Its Relationship to Human Consiousness." Public Philosophy, 12(2): 195-198, 1994 August Barrow, Cassandra Montague, and Tina West. "Tell the Bees: Belief, Knowledge, & Hypersymbolic Cognition." Anthropology Quarterly, 3(1): 49-53, 1999 Cassandra Montague and Tina West. "American Mythos: Creating Cross-Cultural Beliefs in the Melting Pot." The Cultural Journal of Anthropology, 23(4): 232-338, 2001 Jennifer Farach-Colton, Cassandra Montague, Eric Gilbert, and Tina West. "American Civil War Attitudes on 'Haunted Ground.'" Anthropology of Consiousness, 42(6): 411-418, 2003 Lily Bender, Alice Kong, Cassandra Montague, Josephina Ramirez, Michael Williams. "Human History Told Through Parasites." Etymology International, 28(1): 146-149, 2005 Cassandra Montague, Seymour Parker, and Josephina Ramirez. "Perceived Liminality in Abandoned Structures." American Journal of Psychology, 48(4): 139-143, 2006 ... ... ... Juno Kim and Cassandra Montague. "Ghosts, Spirits, and Angels: Differences Across Cultural Perceptions of the Afterlife." Anthropology Review, 6(3): 279-284, 2021 Miguel Alvarez, Cassandra Montague, and Tina West. "What 'Haunting' Myths Teach Us About Perceptions of Grief: A Literature Review." Modern Lit, 12(5): 13-18, 2024 Jennifer Farach-Colton, Cassandra Montague, and Rob Tagliavini. "An Exploration of Eastern Long Island's Historical Hauntings." Proceedings of the 9th Annual Symposium on Modern Parapsychology, 2026. To appear.
Articles
Cassandra Montague and Rob Tagliavini. "How to Fake A Ghost: Supernatural Hoaxes of the Victorian Era." The Skeptical Inquirer, 33(4): 51-54, 2003. Cassandra Montague. "Shirley Jackson & the Modern Haunted House." Gothic Literature Monthly, 6(8): 10-16, 2015. Cassandra Montague and Jonathan Sawyer. "Perceived Sentience in Inanimate Objects" ParaPress, 2(5): 28-31, 2022.
