Jasmine Cloud (PhD, 2014) is an Assciate Professor at the University of Central Missouri. She teaches courses in the history of art from prehistory to the present day. Her scholarly work focuses on the art and architecture of Baroque Italy. She has received fellowships from the Kress Foundation to support her research on the urban history of Rome, specifically the redevelopment of the Roman Forum in the early modern period. Dr. Cloud has published essays on Baroque Rome and Renaissance Venice in edited volumes, and has presented her research at conferences in Italy and North America.