[3] Redmond began her undergraduate studies at Vassar College, before transferring to Rice University, where she earned a bachelor's degree in 1973.
[3] During her undergraduate studies, Redmond completed a summer placement mapping Monte Albán with Richard Blanton.
Her doctorate considered the hypothesis proposed in inscriptions at Monte Albán, which indicate that the Zapotec people conquered the Cuicatlán Cañada.
[1] Over the course of more than three decades of extensive fieldwork in Mexico and Venezuela, Redmond has encountered Africanized bees, venomous snakes and quicksand.
[6][7] On El Palenque, an overgrown hillside site, Redmond excavated a complex of stone foundations with indications of houses.