“A leading researcher”

— National Institute on Out-of-School Time

Select Research Publications

Journal of Youth Development, Book Review - It Takes an Ecosystem: Understanding the People, Places, and Possibilities of Learning and Development Across Settings. Vol. 18, No. 3- 2023.

International Journal for Research on Extended Education (IJREE), Meeting the Needs of Young People During the COVID-19 Pandemic Through Program Adaptations in Creative Youth Development Programs. Vol. 10, No. 2-2022.

World Education Research Association - International Research Network on Extended Education, Adapting Culminating Events for Right Now: Insights from and for Creative Youth Development Programs on Meeting the Needs of Young People During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Poster, International WERA-IRN EE Conference, 2021.

The Lewis Prize for Music, Listening and Prioritizing Connection with Young People in CYD Programs During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Midcasting Toward Just Futures: Creative Youth Development's Waymaking to Systems Change Through and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2021.

Afterschool Matters Journal, Trends in Creative Youth Development, Spring 2020.

Girl Scouts USA. Seven Tips for Creating a Space for Girls to Speak Up. 2019.

Institute of Contemporary Art / Boston, Creative Youth Development: A Powerful Combination of Arts, Belonging, and Life Skills, Brave: Reimagining Teen Arts Education, 2019.

Americans for the Arts, Trends in CYD Programs Landscape Analysis, Creative Youth Development Toolkit, 2019.

Creative Youth Development National Partnership. National Action Blueprint: Youth. Creativity. Now. Building Opportunities and Support for Creative Youth Development, 2018.

Youth Development Principles and Practices in Out-of-School Time SettingsThe Arts and Youth Development, 2018, Sagamore/Venture Publishing. 

Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Partnering with Community Arts Organizations: A Pathway to a High-Quality Club Experience, 2017. 

Arts Education Policy Review Journal, The Rise of Creative Youth Development, 2016. Commissioned to research and write this 13,000-word breakthrough article by Americans for the Arts, the National Guild for Community Arts Education, Massachusetts Cultural Council, and the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities.

The National Guild for Community Arts Education, Creative Youth Development Movement Takes Hold, 2014. Lead article in Guild Notes newsletter (abridged); full version online here.

The Wallace Foundation, Something to Say: Success Principles for Afterschool Arts Programs from Urban Youth and Other Experts, 2013. Primary author for 133-page report on research insights from Wallace Foundation-supported national initiative with Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Y-USA to increase access and equity for urban, low-income youth to high quality afterschool arts programs. Download a PDF of the full report here.  

National Arts Marketing Project, A Cornucopia of Audience Development Resources & Research. Lead article in October 2011 e-newsletter and NAMP website featured article.

San Diego Union-Tribune, The Art of Competitiveness, October 29, 2008; major feature in Opinion section published on behalf of the San Diego Regional Art and Culture Coalition.

San Diego Union-Tribune, Arts and Culture: Contributing to San Diego’s Quality of Life and Economy, October 5, 2007; major feature in Opinion section published under the names Dr. Derrick Cartwright and Dr. Hugh Davies.

The Denver Post, Denver’s Wise Investment in Culture, full-length feature in Perspectives section, November 10, 2002.

From NASCAR to Cirque to Soleil: Lessons in Audience Development. Co-project supervisor with Linda Bukszar and Erin Trapp. 1999. Available online at issuelab.org.

“This research is an example of the deep and necessary connection between research and practice during the COVID-19 pandemic.  By partnering with the field, Denise Montgomery has produced timely and relevant information that is inspired by the voices of young people in Creative Youth Development.”

 

—  Erik Holmgren, Program Manager - Creative Youth Development, Massachusetts Cultural Council,

regarding CultureThrive’s research on Adapting Culminating Events During the COVID-19 Pandemic