Prof. Sheila ffolliott, Vice Chair, received her A.B. in Italian from Vassar College and her Ph.D. in the History of Art from the University of Pennsylvania. The recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, The Bunting Institute, and the Center for Advanced Studies in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art, she has spoken and published widely on Renaissance women as patrons and collectors, in particular Catherine de’ Medici, and on Renaissance and Baroque women artists.
