Francesca Colonnese

Francesca Colonnese is a Part-time Lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Washington, teaching composition, literature, and biblical studies courses through Autumn 2025 including ENGL 200 C: Reading Literary Forms and multiple sections of ENGL 111 Composition.

Her academic credentials include:

• Ph.D. in English (expected 2025), University of Washington
• M.A. in English Literature (2019), San Francisco State University

Her research examines intersections of subjective temporal experience and poetic form through neuroscientific and philosophical lenses, with emphasis on 19th Century Aesthetics, Cognitive Science, and embodied perception models. Key interests span Poetry and Poetics, Temporality, Textual Studies, and Science and Technology frameworks.

She received the Richard J. Dunn First Year Teaching Award for instructional excellence.

No information is available regarding graduate student advising, research grants, or laboratory affiliations. Her office (A-312) hosts Wednesday office hours from 2:30-4:30 PM or by appointment.