Dr. Linda Nolan is an art and architectural historian and educator who has taught for over a decade at study abroad programs in Rome, including Dartmouth College’s Art History program. She earned her Ph.D. and M.A. in Art History from USC and her B.A. in Fine Arts and Art History from Lake Forest College.  Linda’s teaching is lively and discussion-based. She encourages students to explore how art and architecture respond to social and political change, from ancient architecture to modern museum displays of ancient art. Before moving to Rome, Linda worked as a Gallery Teacher at the J. Paul Getty Museum and as an assistant to artist Raymond Pettibon.  She later served as Project Manager for the Los Angeles-based artist Sandy Rodriguez. She also helped found the Rome Society of the Archaeological Institute of America. Linda has received fellowships from several prestigious foundations in support of her research and excavations at Pompeii and in the Roman Forum. She has published and presented at conferences on topics ranging from ephemeral devotional practices and female patronage to the politics of gift exchange. Her current book project, Tangible Devotion, explores the material traces of spiritual life in early modern Roman churches.