Betta LoSardo is an Adjunct Instructor at Saint Mary's as well as an Assistant Professor at DePaul University. Her areas of expertise, in addition to competence-based and adult education theory, include Italian Renaissance art and culture, Italian American Studies, and Corporate Art collecting. Ms. LoSardo has an A.M. from Middlebury College in Italian Studies and has studied at the Universita' di Firenze.