John Skillen is a specialist in medieval and Renaissance literature. He taught at Gordon College for 15 years before launching an arts-oriented semester program in Orvieto, Italy, in 1998. Since then, Dr. Skillen has been teaching courses in Orvieto on the cultural context of medieval and Renaissance Italian art, on Renaissance storytelling in literature and visual art, and on Dante’s Divine Comedy. With students of all ages, he has lead dozens of seminars and retreats that study Italian masterpieces in their original locations. Dr. Skillen directs the Studio for Art, Faith & History in Orvieto, Italy, which he founded in 2005.