Professor DiCesare's specialty is Pre-Columbian Art History/Arts of the Americas. Her research focuses particularly on Mexican pictorial manuscripts, calendars, and Aztec rituals. She teaches courses on the Pre-Columbian arts of Mesoamerica, landscapes of the Ancient Americas, and sacred objects and ritual practices. Catherine also holds an M.A. in Italian Renaissance Art from Syracuse University's Florence program, and teaches a variety of classes on western European art, including the arts of the Medieval, Italian Renaissance, and Baroque periods. She also teaches classes on Italian Renaissance art on-site for the department's study abroad program in Italy.