Laura A MacalusoLaura A. Macaluso, PhD, holds degrees in art history and the humanities from Southern Connecticut State University, Syracuse University in Italy and Salve Regina University. She has worked as a grants writer and curator in historic sites, museums, ar and park organizations. She held a Fulbright at the Swaziland National Museum in 2008-9, and returned in 2010 under an Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation award from the State Department. She lives with her husband, Jeffrey Nichols, the president/CEO of Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest, in Lynchburg, Virginia. Read More Read Less