Theresa Flanigan is a historian of late medieval and Renaissance art and architecture, primarily in Italy, where she lived and studied for several years, including as a fellow at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa. While studying in Florence as an architecture student, she fell in love with Italian language, art, and culture and has immersed herself in researching, teaching, and sharing her knowledge about Italy ever since. She received a master’s in art history from Syracuse University’s Florence program, and a PhD from New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts.

Theresa is assistant professor and graduate coordinator of art history at Texas Tech University. She taught previously at the University at Albany (SUNY), New York University, Syracuse University, and elsewhere. She authored the book The Ponte Vecchio: Architecture, Politics, and Civic Identity in Late Medieval Florence, and co-edited Artistic Encounters in Trecento Italy. Theresa has also published on Florentine urban planning, emotional expression in Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, Giotto’s paintings in Assisi and Padua, and on artworks by Domenico Ghirlandaio, Fra Angelico, Fra Filippo Lippi, and others. Her current research explores the influence of medical science on early Renaissance naturalism. As an educator, Theresa has led numerous study abroad trips to Italy and lectured in museums and at historical sites in Texas, New York, and throughout Italy.