English commentator for the Palio of Siena. Transmission broadcast worldwide (including UAE, India, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland) with permission from the Consorzio per la Tutela del Palio in collaboration with La7 and RCS Dubai

Visiting Professor of Art History for Session III at Duke Kunshan University.

• https://www.sienaitalytours.com/virtual-field-trips• A different kind of online learning, designed with teachers to enhance their curriculum and pique students’ curiosity about Italian history, culture, and language (adaptable for most grade levels).• Live-streamed virtual tours of Siena, Florence, San Gimignano (and beyond).• Learn about the Etruscans, the Romans, medieval warfare, art and architecture, culture and tradition, and the Palio!• Custom-made videos featuring on-site visits (museums, churches, archeological sites). • Please let me know what you’d like to focus on and I’ll base the tour on your students’ interests. We can concentrate on a particular point in history, discuss religion and myth, admire artistic and architectural masterpieces, or talk about the Italian language and what contemporary life in Italy is like. • Using Zoom (or similar platform), I invite you, the teacher, to be the moderator. The chat function is fantastic, but hard for me to access whilst on the selfie-stick!

Licensed tour guide for Siena and its Province, and able to work throughout Italy as a nationally licensed guide. I enjoy working with individuals, small and large groups, and university programs. Please visit my website, SienaItalyTours.com!

Recent publication:"The Palio of Siena: A Journey through Time", in Artistic Responses to Travel in the Western Tradition, pp. 86-107, ed. by Sarah J. Lippert (London: Routledge, 2018)

Working with Washington & Lee, Purdue, and Villanova students during their summer term abroad in Siena. Responsibilities include trip organization, translation (Italian to English), housing, and leading tours in other Italian cities.

Group and private English lessons to students aged 4 to 64 (conversation, GESE levels 2-5 preparation, IELTS preparation).

Taught course on Sienese art and architecture for Villanova summer program based first in Siena and then in San Gimignano.

Courses taught: Art History I survey; Art History II survey; Italian Renaissance Art; First-Year Seminars (Crack the Whip: On Horses and Saints in Siena; Blood, Defiance, and Reckless Regard: Eight Artists Who Changed the World); The Grand Tour (co-taught with 3-wk travel component to Italy).Committees: Study Abroad; Phi Beta Kappa; Honors Program; Individualized Majors (sponsoring one in Art History; committee member for Russian Language and Cultural Studies); Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP).Faculty-Led Study Abroad Experiences: Italy, May 2014 (course The Grand Tour: Drawing the Masters = 3 weeks abroad with colleague and 18 students); Italy, May 2013 (The Grand Tour). China, May 2012 (support faculty).

Taught course "Renaissance City" for Villanova University in Siena, Italy.

Courses taught: Art History I Survey; Art History II Survey; Fundamentals of Design.Evening Degree Program courses: Art History II Survey; Fundamentals of Design.

Summer course on Sienese Art History at the University of California Siena Study Center (unfortunately now closed after 25+ years).

Teaching Assistant for Early Renaissance Art and High Renaissance Art courses.

Led seminar for second-year core course "Perspectives".