Dr. Crispin Corrado is a classical archaeologist specializing in Roman art, who received her Ph.D. from Brown University, her M.A. in Art History, and B.A. in Classics from the University of Chicago. Professor Corrado (“Crispin”) has fieldwork experience at Pompeii and has worked in a curatorial capacity in the departments of ancient art at the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Museum of Art at the Rhode Island School of Design, and the Vatican Museums. She assisted these institutions in the creation and implementation of exhibitions of ancient art, co-authored catalogs, wrote articles, and presented guest lectures. Crispin’s major research interests include Roman wall painting, sculpture, and domestic architecture. She currently teaches at several American universities in Rome and is the founder and an acting officer of the Rome Society of the Archaeological Institute of America. She has lived in Rome for over fifteen years and is our resident Ancient History teacher and guide. She co-led our 2023 Reading Latin + Ancient History spring program in Rome and our Learning to Read Latin summer program in Rome and the Bay of Naples.