Ashley Gates (she/her) is a first-year MA student in Art History at the Tyler School of Art and Architecture at Temple University. She previously attained a BA from Appalachian State University in Art History, with minors both in French and Religious Studies.  

Previously, Ashley has worked as a collections and curatorial intern at the Blowing Rock Art and History Museum. Her work at the BRAHM has furthered her ambitions of later obtaining her PhD and working as a museum curator.  

Ashley is currently exploring her research pursuits, but she is interested in power relations and religious identities in Rome during late antiquity.