Professor Demos is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Italian at Hamilton College. She completed her MA in Italian Language and Literature from the University of Pittsburgh, and received her PhD in Italian Studies from the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to that time, she resided for twelve years in Florence, Italy, attending the Università degli Studi di Firenze, and working with international study abroad institutes, as well as travel-study programs. Her research interests include Art History, particularly the Italian Renaissance and Baroque eras, Dante Studies, Early Modern Women Writers, and Social Issues in Contemporary Italy. She currently teaches Italian language and culture at Hamilton College in New York.