Sister Mary Clemente Davlin, O. P., is a Dominican Sister of Sinsinawa and Professor Emerita of English at Dominican University. Born in Chicago to Marguerite and John Davlin, she received her B.A. from Rosary College, her M.A. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and her Ph. D. from the University of California, Berkeley. She has taught at Edgewood College in Madison, WI and Rosary College/Dominican University in River Forest, IL. Her research is in medieval studies, especially Piers Plowman, about which she is the author of three books. She studied Dante in Florence and at the University of California, Berkeley, and has taught the Divine Comedy for many years.