Professor Paul Gwynne, PhD
Division Chair of Arts and Humanities. A world-renowned expert in Neo-Latin poetry. Professor Gwynne's research focuses on Italian art and culture, particularly in the periods of the Renaissance and Counter-Reformation. His most recent publications include Patterns of Patronage in Renaissance Rome: Francesco Sperulo, Poet, Prelate, Soldier, Spy (2015); Francesco Benci and the Rise of Neo-Latin Epic (2018).
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Professor Timothy J. Allen, M.F.A.
Adjunct Professor. Professor Allen is a professional oil painter of portraits and figurative narratives inspired mostly by the Renaissance and Baroque with more than 25 years of experience. He is also the Founder and Director of the Painting and Drawing Art Studio of Rome.
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Professor Daria Borghese, M.A.
Adjunct Professor. Professor Borghese has taught courses in Italy and in the U.S.A. that range from Italian Renaissance to Baroque Art, with a focus on the role of patrons as the main interest of her research. Her latest publications include studies on the Casina di Pio IV in the Vatican, Palazzo Colonna and Palazzo Borromeo, all landmarks of artistic patronage in Rome.
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Professor Jason Cardone, PhD
Adjunct Professor. Professor Cardone has been living and working in Rome for over twenty years. “Studying Renaissance Art within the Italian university system was the priviledge of a lifetime,” and he has continued to collaborate with La Sapienza, Rome and Ca’ Foscari, Venice to the present day as Cultore della Materia.
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Professor Cecilia Canziani, PhD
Adjunct Professor. Professor Canziani's research and teaching focuses on contemporary art and curating. Dr. Canziani was the program director in curating studies at IED (Institute of European Design) Rome and previously taught at the Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Palermo and lectured in several international institutions, among others at the National Museum of Cairo and the Center for Restoration in Tirana, Albania. She also teaches at the Accademia di Belle Arti in L’Aquila, Italy.
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Professor Lauren Golden, PhD
Adjunct Professor. Professor Golden's specialization is in Italian Renaissance Art and Architecture, Raphael, and Neuroarthistory. She has been studying the city of Rome for over 35 years and has been teaching in Italy for 20 years.
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Professor Francesca Guiducci, M.A.
Adjunct Professor. Professor Golden's specialization is in Italian Renaissance Art and Architecture, Raphael, and Neuroarthistory. She has been studying the city of Rome for over 35 years and has been teaching in Italy for 20 years.
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Professor Claudia La Malfa, M.A.
Adjunct Professor. Claudia La Malfa works on Renaissance painting, sculpture and drawing, the history of collecting and the revival of antiquity. She has published books and scholarly articles on Pintoricchio, Botticelli, Filippino Lippi, Andrea Sansovino, Raphael, the history of collecting and the revival of classical art in the Renaissance on which she organizes conferences and delivers public lectures.
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Professor Carol Taddeo, M.A.
Adjunct Professor. Professor Taddeo’s research has addressed the sacred and secular dimensions of the pastoral genre and its realizations in written and visual forms, with specific interest in modes of exchange between artists and writers in Renaissance Venice. Her professional interests also include restoration and conservation techniques and traditional art materials.
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